Brown et al v. Google LLC et al

Filing 789

ORDER granting #779 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal. Signed by Judge Susan van Keulen on 10/31/2022. (svklc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/31/2022)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION

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14 CHASOM BROWN, WILLIAM BYATT,
JEREMY DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER
15 CASTILLO, and MONIQUE TRUJILLO,
individually and on behalf of themselves and
16 all others similarly situated,
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Case No. 4:20-cv-03664-YGR-SVK
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
MOTION TO SEAL
Re: Dkt. 779
Referral: Hon. Susan van Keulen, USMJ

Plaintiffs,
vs.

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Defendant.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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Before the Court is Defendant Google LLC’s Administrative Motion to Seal Joint Submission

3 re Google’s Request to Delete Certain Pre-Class Period Data (“Motion”). Having considered the
4 Motion and supporting declaration and papers, and good cause having been found, the Court
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Documents Sought to
Court’s Ruling on
Be Sealed
Motion to Seal
Joint Submission re
GRANTED as to
Google’s Request to
redacted portions at:
Delete Certain PreClass Period Data
Pages 1:5, 1:7, 1:9-12,
1:26-28, 2:26-28, 3:2,
3:7, 3:11, 3:19, 3:22-23,
4:14, 4:16-17, 4:21-23,
4:27, 5:2-3, 5:5, 5:6-8,
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Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling
The information requested to be sealed also
contains Google’s highly confidential and
proprietary information regarding highly
sensitive features of Google’s internal systems
and operations, including various types of
Google’s internal logs, internal log names, their
functionalities and retention periods, that
Google maintains as confidential in the
ordinary course of its business and is not
generally known to the public or Google’s
competitors. Such confidential and proprietary
information reveals Google’s internal
strategies, system designs, and business
practices for operating and maintaining many
of its important services, and falls within the
protected scope of the Protective Order entered
in this action. See Dkt. 81 at 2-3. Public
disclosure of such confidential and proprietary
information could affect Google’s competitive
standing as competitors may alter their systems
and practices relating to competing products. It
may also place Google at an increased risk of
cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek
to use the information to compromise Google’s
internal practices relating to competing
products.

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SO ORDERED.

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HON. SUSAN VAN KEULEN
United States Magistrate Judge

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