Calhoun v. Google LLC ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 PATRICK CALHOUN, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05146-YGR (SVK) 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER ON ADMINISTRATIVE 9 MOTIONS FOR LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL 10 v. 11 Re: Dkt. Nos. 619, 621, 630, 632, 634, 636, 651, 690, 694, 704, 708, 713, 716, 718, 739, 12 GOOGLE LLC, 751, 753, 757, 761, 764 13 Defendant. 14 Before the Court are several administrative motions to file under seal materials associated 15 with discovery disputes in this case. Dkt. 619, 621, 630, 632, 634, 636, 651, 690, 694, 704, 708, 16 713, 716, 718, 739, 751, 753, 757, 761, 764; see also Dkt. 631, 643, 707, 729, 731, 755, 765 17 (declarations in support of motions to seal). 18 Courts recognize a “general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, 19 including judicial records and documents.” Kamakana v. City & Cnty. Of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 20 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v. Warner Communs., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 & n.7 21 (1978)). A request to seal court records therefore starts with a “strong presumption in favor of 22 access.” Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1178 (quoting Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 23 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003)). The standard for overcoming the presumption of public access to 24 court records depends on the purpose for which the records are filed with the court. A party 25 seeking to seal court records relating to motions that are “more than tangentially related to the 26 underlying cause of action” must demonstrate “compelling reasons” that support secrecy. Ctr. For 27 Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 809 F.3d 1092, 1099 (9th Cir. 2016). For records attached to 1 “good cause” standard of Rule 26(c) applies. Id.; see also Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179. A party 2 moving to seal court records must also comply with the procedures established by Civil Local 3 Rule 79-5. 4 Here, the “good cause” standard applies because the information the parties seek to seal 5 was submitted to the Court in connection with discovery-related motions, rather than a motion that 6 concerns the merits of the case. The Court may reach different conclusions regarding sealing 7 these documents under different standards or in a different context. Having considered the 8 motions to seal, supporting declarations, and the pleadings on file, and good cause appearing, the 9 Court ORDERS as follows: 10 1. Dkt. 619 11 Document Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 12 Sought to be Motion to Seal Sealed 13 Google LLC’s GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed contains 14 Objections to portions at: Google’s confidential and proprietary information Special Master’s regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal 15 Report and Pages: 3:3-7, 3:10- systems and operations, including various types of Recommendation 19, 4:1-19, 5:1-18, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and logs 16 on Referred 6:1, 6:5-17, 7:1-3, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google 17 Discovery Issues 7:6, 7:9, 7:11, 7:13- maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of (Preservation 14, 7:16-18, 8:1-3, its business and is not generally known to the 18 Plan) 8:5-7, 8:9-11, 8:14- public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential 15, 8:17-19, 9:1-3, and proprietary information reveals Google’s 19 9:5-7, 9:9-11, 9:13- internal strategies, system designs, and business 19, 10:1-18, 11:1-11 practices for operating and maintaining many of its 20 services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 21 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter 22 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased 23 risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 24 Google’s internal practices relating to competing 25 products. 26 27 2. Dkt. 621, 630; see also Dkt. 631 1 2 Document Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling Sought to be Motion to Seal 3 Sealed 4 Plaintiffs’ GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed contains Objections to portions at: Google’s confidential and proprietary information 5 (and Motion to regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal Modify) the Pages 3:4, 3:8, 5:9- systems and operations, including various types of 6 Special Master’s 10, 5:14, 5:22-24, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and logs, 7 Sealed 6:1-2, 6:10, 6:14 and their proprietary functionalities, as well as Recommendation internal metrics, that Google maintains as 8 s and Order Dated confidential in the ordinary course of its business April 4, 2022 and is not generally known to the public or 9 (Dkt. 604) Google’s competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s internal 10 strategies, system designs, and business practices 11 for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 12 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter 13 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased 14 risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may 15 seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing 16 products. Exhibit A1 - Joint GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed contains 17 Submission re portions at: Google’s confidential and proprietary information Preservation regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal 18 Proposal PDF Pages 2-7, 10 systems and operations, including various types of 19 Google’s internal projects, data signals, and logs and their proprietary functionalities, that Google 20 maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not generally known to the 21 public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 22 internal strategies, system designs, and business 23 practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 24 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter 25 their systems and practices relating to competing 26 products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may 27 seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing Exhibit A2 - GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed contains 1 Declaration of portions at: Google’s confidential and proprietary information 2 Zubair Shafiq regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal ISO Plaintiff’s Pages 1:17-18, 1:19, systems and operations, including various types of 3 Objections to and 1:27, 2:7-14, 2:18, Google’s internal projects, identifiers, data signals, Motion to Modify 2:22-23, 2:25, 2:27, and logs, and their proprietary functionalities, as 4 Special Master’s 3:1-3, 3:17 well as internal metrics, that Google maintains as April 4, 2022 confidential in the ordinary course of its business 5 Report and and is not generally known to the public or 6 Recommendation Google’s competitors. Such confidential and s proprietary information reveals Google’s internal 7 strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. 8 Public disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 9 competitive standing as competitors may alter 10 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased 11 risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 12 Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 13 3. Dkt. 632; see also Dkt. 643 14 15 Document Sought Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 16 to be Sealed Motion to Seal Plaintiffs’ GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 17 Response to portions at: contains Google’s confidential and Google’s proprietary information regarding sensitive 18 Objections to Pages 1:6-8, 1:11, 11:19, features of Google’s internal systems and 19 Special Master’s 1:21, 1:23, 1:27, 2:1, 2:9- operations, including various types of Sealed 11, 2:16, 2:18, 2:20, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 20 Recommendations 2:23, 2:25, 2:27-28, 3:1- logs, and their proprietary functionalities, as and Order Dated 3, 3:5-6, 3:8, 3:10, 3:12- well as internal metrics, that Google 21 April 4, 2022 13, 3:15-22, 3:24-25, maintains as confidential in the ordinary 3:27-28, 4:1-23, 4:25-28, course of its business and is not generally 22 5:1-13, 5:16, 5:22-27, known to the public or Google’s competitors. 23 6:1-2, 6:6, 6:8, 6:10-11, Such confidential and proprietary 6:12, 6:14-27, 7:1-11, information reveals Google’s internal 24 7:14322, 7:28, 8:1-2, strategies, system designs, and business 8:15, 8:17 practices for operating and maintaining many 25 of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information 26 could affect Google’s competitive standing as 27 competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It cybersecurity threats, as third parties may 1 seek to use the information to compromise 2 Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 3 Declaration of GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed Zubair Shafiq in portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 4 Support of proprietary information regarding sensitive Plaintiffs’ response Pages 2:7, 2:10, 2:13-17, features of Google’s internal systems and 5 to Google’s 2:24-25, 3:1-3, 3:5-7, operations, including various types of 6 Objections to 3:10-12, 3:14, 3:16-27, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and Special Master’s 4:1-27, 5:1, 5:3, 5:7-10, logs and their proprietary functionalities, that 7 April 4, 2022 5:13, 5:15-20, 5:22-24, Google maintains as confidential in the Report and 5:26-27, 6:2, 6:4-26, ordinary course of its business and is not 8 Recommendations 6:27, 7:1-10 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 9 proprietary information reveals Google’s 10 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 11 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 12 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 13 alter their systems and practices relating to 14 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 15 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 16 practices relating to competing products. 17 18 4. Dkt. 634 19 20 Document Sought Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling to be Sealed Motion to Seal 21 Google’s GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed Responses portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 22 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages: 1:19-21, 1:23-26, features of Google’s internal systems and 23 2:17, 2:20-23, 3:9, 3:22- operations, including various types of 24 23, 4:1-2, 4:4-6, 4:8-9, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 4:21-23, 4:27-28, 5:28, logs and their proprietary functionalities, that 25 6:1-4, 6:14-15, 7:15-18, Google maintains as confidential in the 7:24-26, 8:2-6 ordinary course of its business and is not 26 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 27 proprietary information reveals Google’s business practices for operating and 1 maintaining many of its services. Public 2 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 3 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 4 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 5 threats, as third parties may seek to use the 6 information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 7 Trebicka Exhibit 1 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 8 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages: Redacted in its features of Google’s internal systems and 9 Entirety operations, including various types of 10 Google’s internal projects, data signals, and logs and their proprietary functionalities, that 11 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 12 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 13 proprietary information reveals Google’s 14 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 15 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 16 proprietary information could affect Google’s 17 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 18 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 19 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 20 practices relating to competing products. 21 Trebicka Exhibit 2 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 22 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages: Redacted in its features of Google’s internal systems and 23 Entirety operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 24 logs and their proprietary functionalities, that 25 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 26 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 27 proprietary information reveals Google’s business practices for operating and 1 maintaining many of its services. Public 2 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 3 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 4 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 5 threats, as third parties may seek to use the 6 information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 7 Harting GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed Declaration portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 8 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages: 1:20-21, 1:23-24, features of Google’s internal systems and 9 2:4-6, 2:12-14, 2:16-28, operations, including various types of 10 3:1-20. 3:22-24, 3:26-27, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 4:1-5, 4:7-9, 4;11-22, logs and their proprietary functionalities, that 11 4:28, 5:1-2, 5:4-6 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 12 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 13 proprietary information reveals Google’s 14 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 15 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 16 proprietary information could affect Google’s 17 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 18 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 19 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 20 practices relating to competing products. 21 //// 22 //// 23 //// 24 //// 25 //// 26 //// 27 //// 5. Dkt. 636 1 2 Document Sought Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling to be Sealed Motion to Seal 3 Dkt. No. 632-2: GRANTED as to The proposed redactions are narrowly 4 Plaintiffs’ Response redactions on Page 6, tailored and seek to protect only material that to Google’s lines 15-16 summarizes, reflects, or otherwise discusses 5 Objections to the Plaintiffs’ browsing history and related data Special Master’s and information, which Plaintiffs have not 6 Sealed made otherwise available to the public. 7 Recommendations and Order Dated 8 April 4, 2022 (Dkt. No. 604) 9 Dkt. No. 632-4: GRANTED as to The proposed redactions are narrowly Supplemental redactions on Page 6, tailored and seek to protect only material that 10 Declaration of Dr. line 5 summarizes, reflects, or otherwise discusses 11 Zubair Shafiq Plaintiffs’ browsing history and related data and information, which Plaintiffs have not 12 made otherwise available to the public. 13 6. Dkt. 651 14 Document Sought Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 15 to be Sealed Motion to Seal Google’s Response GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 16 portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 17 proprietary information regarding sensitive Page 2 Lines 7, 14, 16, features of Google’s internal systems and 18 17, 21, 25; Page 3 Lines operations, including various types of 1-3, 6, 8, 11-12, 13, 16, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 19 18, 20, 26-27; Page 4 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that 20 Lines 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 13, Google maintains as confidential in the 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; ordinary course of its business and is not 21 Page 5 Line 6. generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 22 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 23 business practices for operating and 24 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 25 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 26 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 27 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity information to compromise Google’s internal 1 practices relating to competing products. 2 Trebicka GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed Declaration Report portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 3 and proprietary information regarding sensitive Recommendations Page 1 Lines 17-18, 25- features of Google’s internal systems and 4 27; Page 2 Lines 3, 11- operations, including various types of 12. Google’s internal projects and logs and their 5 proprietary functionalities, that Google 6 maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not generally 7 known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and proprietary 8 information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and business 9 practices for operating and maintaining many 10 of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information 11 could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and 12 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 13 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may 14 seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to 15 competing products. Trebicka Exhibit 2 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 16 portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 17 proprietary information regarding sensitive Page 2 Line 2; Page 3 features of Google’s internal systems and 18 Lines 14, 15, 16, 18. operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 19 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 20 ordinary course of its business and is not 21 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 22 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 23 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 24 disclosure of such confidential and 25 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 26 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 27 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity information to compromise Google’s internal 1 practices relating to competing products. 2 Trebicka Exhibit 3 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 3 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages 1, 2. features of Google’s internal systems and 4 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 5 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that 6 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 7 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 8 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 9 business practices for operating and 10 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 11 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 12 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 13 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 14 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 15 practices relating to competing products. Trebicka Exhibit 4 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 16 document in its entirety. contains Google’s confidential and 17 proprietary information regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal systems and 18 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 19 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 20 ordinary course of its business and is not 21 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 22 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 23 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 24 disclosure of such confidential and 25 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 26 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 27 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity information to compromise Google’s internal 1 practices relating to competing products. 2 Trebicka Exhibit 5 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed document in its entirety. contains Google’s confidential and 3 proprietary information regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal systems and 4 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 5 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that 6 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 7 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 8 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 9 business practices for operating and 10 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 11 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 12 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 13 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 14 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 15 practices relating to competing products. Trebicka Exhibit 6 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 16 portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 17 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. features of Google’s internal systems and 18 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 19 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 20 ordinary course of its business and is not 21 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 22 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 23 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 24 disclosure of such confidential and 25 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 26 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 27 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity information to compromise Google’s internal 1 practices relating to competing products. 2 Trebicka Exhibit 7 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 3 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages 1, 2. features of Google’s internal systems and 4 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 5 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that 6 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 7 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 8 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 9 business practices for operating and 10 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 11 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 12 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 13 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 14 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 15 practices relating to competing products. Trebicka Exhibit 8 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 16 portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 17 proprietary information regarding sensitive Page 2 Lines 12-15; Page features of Google’s internal systems and 18 3 Lines 7-10. operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 19 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 20 ordinary course of its business and is not 21 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 22 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 23 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 24 disclosure of such confidential and 25 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 26 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 27 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity information to compromise Google’s internal 1 practices relating to competing products. 2 Trebicka Exhibit 9 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 3 proprietary information regarding sensitive Page 1. features of Google’s internal systems and 4 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 5 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that 6 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 7 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 8 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 9 business practices for operating and 10 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 11 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 12 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 13 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 14 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 15 practices relating to competing products. Trebicka Exhibit 10 GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 16 portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 17 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages 1-2. features of Google’s internal systems and 18 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 19 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 20 ordinary course of its business and is not 21 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 22 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 23 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 24 disclosure of such confidential and 25 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 26 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 27 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity information to compromise Google’s internal 1 practices relating to competing products. 2 7. Dkt. 690; see also Dkt. 707 3 4 Documents Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling Sought to be Motion to Seal 5 Sealed Plaintiffs’ GRANTED as to the Narrowly tailored to protect confidential 6 Objections and portions at: technical information regarding sensitive Motion to Modify features of Google’s internal systems and 7 Special Master 1:9-11, 1:17, 1:19, 5:18- operations, including the various types of 8 R&R Re: Modified 20, 5:23-24, 6:2, 6:8, data sources which include information Preservation Plan 6:10, 6:18, 6:21-22, 7:1, related to Google’s internal project, data 9 (Dkt. 665) 7:3-5, 7:8, 7:23, 8:2-3, signals, and logs and their proprietary 8:17-19, 8:22-24, 9:1-4, functionalities, that Google maintains as 10 9:6, 9:9-12, 9:13-21, confidential in the ordinary course of its 9:27, 10:8-10 business and is not generally known to the 11 public or Google’s competitors. 12 13 Declaration of GRANTED as to the Narrowly tailored to protect confidential 14 David Straite in portions at: technical information regarding sensitive Support of features of Google’s internal systems and 15 Plaintiffs’ 1:14-15, 1:17-21 operations, including the various types of Objections and data sources which include information 16 Motion to Modify related to Google’s internal project, data 17 signals, and logs and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as 18 confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not generally known to the 19 public or Google’s competitors. Exhibit A (GOOG- GRANTED as to the Narrowly tailored to protect confidential 20 CALH-01170421) portions at: technical information regarding sensitive 21 features of Google’s internal systems and Redacted in its entirety operations, including the various types of 22 data sources which include information related to Google’s internal data signals and 23 logs and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 24 ordinary course of its business and is not 25 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. 26 Exhibit B (GOOG- GRANTED as to the Narrowly tailored to protect confidential CABR-00893711) portions at: technical information regarding sensitive 27 features of Google’s internal systems and data sources which include information 1 related to proprietary functionalities of 2 Google’s services, that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its 3 business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. 4 Exhibit C (GOOG- GRANTED as to the Narrowly tailored to protect confidential CABR-00096597) portions at: technical information regarding sensitive 5 features of Google’s internal systems and 6 Redacted in its entirety operations, including the various types of data sources which include information 7 related to Google’s internal projects and services, and their proprietary 8 functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its 9 business and is not generally known to the 10 public or Google’s competitors. 11 8. Dkt. 694 12 Documents Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 13 Sought to be Motion to Seal Sealed 14 Google’s GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 15 Objections to portions at: contains Google’s confidential and Special Master’s proprietary information regarding sensitive 16 Report and Pages: 2:12-15, 2:19-20, features of Google’s internal systems and Recommendation 2:22-27, 3:1-2, 3:7-14, operations, including various types of internal 17 Regarding Calhoun 3:16-17, 3:19-20, 3:22- databases and their proprietary Modified 23, 3:26-27, 4:2-7, 4:9- functionalities, data size, as well as internal 18 Preservation Plan 11, 4:17-20, 4:27-28, 5:1- metrics, that Google maintains as confidential 19 (Dkts. 665, 666) 5, 5:7, 5:23-28, 6:1, 6:3- in the ordinary course of its business and is 4, 6:7, 6:9, 6:14-18. 6:20, not generally known to the public or Google’s 20 6:22, 7:1, 7:20-21, 7:23- competitors. Such confidential and 24, 7:27. proprietary information reveals Google’s 21 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 22 maintaining many of its services. Public 23 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 24 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 25 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, 26 as third parties may seek to use the 27 information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. Declaration of GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 1 Patrick Quaid portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 2 proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages: 1:11, 1:13, 1:15, features of Google’s internal systems and 3 1:19-20, 1:25, 2:5-6. 2:9, operations, including various types of internal 2:14-20, 2:22-28, 3:3-6, databases and their proprietary 4 3:9-12. functionalities, data size, as well as internal metrics, that Google maintains as confidential 5 in the ordinary course of its business and is 6 not generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 7 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 8 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 9 disclosure of such confidential and 10 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter 11 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google 12 at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the 13 information to compromise Google’s internal 14 practices relating to competing products. 15 9. Dkt. 704 16 Documents Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling Sought to be Motion to Seal 17 Sealed 18 Google LLC’s GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed Administrative portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 19 Motion for proprietary information regarding sensitive Clarification of Pages: 2:14, 2:16-17, features of Google’s internal systems and 20 June 13, 2022 2:21, 2:22, 2:24, 3:23, operations, including various types of internal Discovery Order 4:6, 4:12, 4:13, 4:22 logs and databases and their proprietary 21 (Dkt. 700) structures and functionalities, that Google 22 maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not generally 23 known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information 24 reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating 25 and maintaining many of its services. Public 26 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 27 competitive standing as competitors may alter at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, 1 as third parties may seek to use the 2 information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 3 10. Dkt. 708; see also Dkt. 729 4 Documents Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 5 Sought to be Motion to Seal 6 Sealed Plaintiffs’ GRANTED as to: The information requested to be sealed 7 Response to Portions at: contains Google’s confidential and Google’s proprietary information regarding sensitive 8 Objections (Dkt. Pages 1:3, 1:6, 1:23, 1:26, features of Google’s internal systems and No. 695) to Special 2:2, 2:5-7, 2:9, 2:12, 2:15, operations, including internal data signals, 9 Master’s Modified 2:18-19, 2:21, 2:24, 2:26- logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that 10 Preservation Plan 28, 3:1, 3:4, 3:6-8, 3:17-18, Google maintains as confidential in the (Dkt. Nos. 665, 4:1, 4:3-17, 4:19-20, 4:26, ordinary course of its business and is not 4:28-5:1, 5:3, 5:6, 5:12-16, 11 666) generally known to the public or Google’s 5:18-19, 5:21-22, 5:26 competitors. Such confidential and 12 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 13 business practices for operating and 14 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 15 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 16 alter their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place 17 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 18 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 19 practices relating to competing products. Declaration of GRANTED as to: The information requested to be sealed 20 David Straite in Portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 21 Support of proprietary information regarding sensitive Plaintiffs’ Pages 1:12, 1:14 features of Google’s internal systems and 22 Response to operations, including internal logs, that Google’s Google maintains as confidential in the 23 Objections (Dkt. ordinary course of its business and is not No. 695) generally known to the public or Google’s 24 competitors. Such confidential and 25 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 26 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 27 disclosure of such confidential and competitive standing as competitors may 1 alter their systems and practices relating to 2 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 3 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 4 practices relating to competing products. Exhibit A GRANTED as to: The information requested to be sealed 5 (8/4/21 Harting Depo Portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 6 Tr. Excerpts) proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages 15:8, 139:11, 139:15, features of Google’s internal systems and 7 139:20, 139:24, 140:6, operations, including internal data signals, 140:8, 140:12, 140:19-21, logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that 8 140:25-141:2, 141:9, Google maintains as confidential in the 141:16-17, 264:14-15, ordinary course of its business and is not 9 264:19, 264:23, 265:1-2, generally known to the public or Google’s 265:6, 265:8, 265:16, 10 265:19 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 11 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 12 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 13 proprietary information could affect Google’s 14 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 15 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 16 threats, as third parties may seek to use the 17 information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 18 Exhibit B GRANTED as to: The information requested to be sealed (5/11/22 Google Portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 19 Letter to SM) proprietary information regarding sensitive Pages 1-5 features of Google’s internal systems and 20 operations, including various internal projects, 21 data signals, logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as 22 confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not generally known to the 23 public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information 24 reveals Google’s internal strategies, system 25 designs, and business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 26 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 27 competitive standing as competitors may competing products. It may also place 1 Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 2 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 3 practices relating to competing products. Exhibit C GRANTED as to: The information requested to be sealed 4 (Exhibit 11 from Portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 4/9/21 Monsees proprietary information regarding sensitive 5 Deposition) Pages 1-2 features of Google’s internal systems and 6 operations, including various internal projects, data signals, logs, and their proprietary 7 functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its 8 business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such 9 confidential and proprietary information 10 reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating 11 and maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 12 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may 13 alter their systems and practices relating to 14 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity 15 threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 16 practices relating to competing products. 17 11. Dkt. 713 18 19 Documents Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling Sought to be Motion to Seal 20 Sealed Google’s Response GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 21 to Plaintiffs’ portions at: contains Google’s confidential and Objections to proprietary information regarding sensitive 22 Special Master’s Pages: 1:12, 1:15-19, features of Google’s internal systems and 23 Report and 2:21-23, 3:9-15, 4:13-20, operations, including various types of Recommendation 4:25, 5:1, 5:6-9, 5:17, Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 24 re Calhoun 5:24, 5:26-27, 6:2-3, 6:7, logs and their proprietary functionalities, that Modified 6:9, 6:13, 6:16-25, 7:6-9, Google maintains as confidential in the 25 Preservation Plan 7:12-13, 7:15-19, 7:24- ordinary course of its business and is not 26 25, 8:1, 8:3-9, 8:11-14, generally known to the public or Google’s 8:18, 8:21-26, 9;11, 9:14- competitors. Such confidential and 27 28, 9:2-28, 10:2-28, 11:2- proprietary information reveals Google’s 28, 13:2, 13:14, 13:16- internal strategies, system designs, and 18, 13:20, 13:23-27, maintaining many of its services. Public 1 14:2-5 disclosure of such confidential and 2 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter 3 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google 4 at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the 5 information to compromise Google’s internal 6 practices relating to competing products. Declaration of GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 7 Bryant Chan portions at: contains Google’s confidential and proprietary information regarding sensitive 8 Pages: 1:19-20, 1:28, features of Google’s internal systems and 2:8-9, 2:13-27, 3:2-3, operations, including various types of 9 3:8-12 Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 10 logs and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 11 ordinary course of its business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s 12 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 13 internal strategies, system designs, and 14 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 15 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 16 competitive standing as competitors may alter 17 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google 18 at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the 19 information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 20 Declaration of GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 21 Tracy Gao portions at: contains Google’s confidential and proprietary information regarding sensitive 22 Pages: 1:8, 1:13-14, 1:24, features of Google’s internal systems and 1:28, 2:2-10, 2:13-15 operations, including various types of 23 Google’s internal projects, data signals, and logs and their proprietary functionalities, that 24 Google maintains as confidential in the 25 ordinary course of its business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s 26 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 27 internal strategies, system designs, and maintaining many of its services. Public 1 disclosure of such confidential and 2 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter 3 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google 4 at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the 5 information to compromise Google’s internal 6 practices relating to competing products. 7 12. Dkt. 716; see also Dkt. 731 8 Documents Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling Sought to be Motion to Seal 9 Sealed 10 Plaintiffs’ Response DENIED as to Redacted Google states that there is no Google Portions at 3:11-13; 4:1-3 confidential information that needs to be to Google’s Motion 11 sealed in Plaintiffs’ Response to Google’s for Clarification Motion for Clarification. Dkt. 731 ¶ 3. 12 (Dkt. 705) of the Court’s Third Order 13 Compelling Google to Produce the 14 Named Plaintiff Data (Dkt. 700) 15 16 13. Dkt. 718 17 Documents Sought Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 18 to be Sealed Motion to Seal Google’s Page 2 Lines 10, 13, 17, The information requested to be sealed 19 Supplement 19, 22 contains Google’s confidential and 20 proprietary information regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal systems and 21 operations, including logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google 22 maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not generally 23 known to the public or Google’s competitors. 24 Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s internal 25 strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and maintaining many 26 of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information 27 could affect Google’s competitive standing as practices relating to competing products. It 1 may also place Google at an increased risk of 2 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 3 Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 4 Proposed Order Page 1 Lines 7, 10 The information requested to be sealed contains Google’s confidential and 5 proprietary information regarding sensitive 6 features of Google’s internal systems and operations, including logs, and their 7 proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary 8 course of its business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. 9 Such confidential and proprietary 10 information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and business 11 practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such 12 confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as 13 competitors may alter their systems and 14 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 15 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 16 Google’s internal practices relating to 17 competing products. 18 14. Dkt. 739 19 Documents Sought to Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling be Sealed Motion to Seal 20 Google’s Notice of GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 21 Errata re: Google portions at: contains Google’s confidential and LLC’s Response to proprietary information regarding sensitive 22 Plaintiffs’ Objections 1:8-13 features of Google’s internal systems and to Special Master’s operations, including various types of 23 Report and Google’s internal logs and data signals, that Recommendation Google maintains as confidential in the 24 (Dkt. 713-4). ordinary course of its business and is not 25 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 26 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 27 business practices for operating and disclosure of such confidential and 1 proprietary information could affect Google’s 2 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 3 competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, 4 as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 5 practices relating to competing products. 6 15. Dkt. 751 7 Documents Sought to Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 8 be Sealed Motion to Seal Google LLC’s GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 9 Submission in portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 10 Response to Dkt. 749 proprietary information regarding sensitive Page 1:1-4, 1:6-11, features of Google’s internal systems and 11 1:15-22, 1:23-26 operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 12 logs, and their proprietary functionalities, that Google maintains as confidential in the 13 ordinary course of its business and is not 14 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 15 proprietary information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and 16 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 17 disclosure of such confidential and 18 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter 19 their systems and practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google 20 at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the 21 information to compromise Google’s internal 22 practices relating to competing products. Attachment A to GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 23 Google’s Submission portions at: contains Google’s confidential and proprietary information regarding sensitive 24 Redacted in its features of Google’s internal systems and 25 entirety operations, including various types of Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 26 logs, that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 27 generally known to the public or Google’s proprietary information reveals Google’s 1 internal strategies, system designs, and 2 business practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public 3 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 4 competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and practices relating to 5 competing products. It may also place Google 6 at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the 7 information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 8 16. Dkt. 753; see also Dkt. 755, 765 9 10 Documents Sought to Court’s Ruling Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling be Sealed on Motion to 11 Seal Plaintiffs’ Response to GRANTED as to The information requested to be sealed 12 Sealed Court Order the portions contains Google’s confidential and dated July 5, 2022 (Dkt. highlighted in proprietary information regarding sensitive 13 No. 749) green at: features of Google’s internal systems and 14 operations, including details related to i:12, 1:2-7, 1:20- Google’s internal projects and logs, that 15 21, 3:26-27 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 16 generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. Such confidential and 17 proprietary information reveals Google’s 18 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 19 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 20 proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as 21 competitors may alter their systems and 22 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 23 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 24 Google’s internal practices relating to 25 competing products. Declaration of David GRANTED as to The information requested to be sealed 26 Straite in Support of the portions at: contains Google’s confidential and Plaintiffs’ Response to proprietary information regarding sensitive 27 Sealed Court Order Pages: 1:15-16, features of Google’s internal systems and No. 749) 2:4-5, 2:8-9, 2:11- Google’s internal projects and logs, that 1 12, 3:1, 3:4, 3:9- Google maintains as confidential in the 2 11 ordinary course of its business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s 3 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 4 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 5 maintaining many of its services. Public 6 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect 7 Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and 8 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 9 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may 10 seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to 11 competing products. Exhibit A GRANTED as to The information requested to be sealed 12 the portions at: contains Google’s confidential and proprietary information regarding sensitive 13 In its entirety features of Google’s internal systems and 14 operations, including details related to Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 15 logs, that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 16 generally known to the public or Google’s 17 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 18 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 19 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 20 proprietary information could affect 21 Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and 22 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 23 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 24 Google’s internal practices relating to 25 competing products. Exhibit B GRANTED as to The information requested to be sealed 26 the portions at: contains Google’s confidential and proprietary information regarding sensitive 27 In its entirety features of Google’s internal systems and Google’s internal projects, data signals, and 1 logs, that Google maintains as confidential in 2 the ordinary course of its business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s 3 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 4 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 5 maintaining many of its services. Public 6 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect 7 Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and 8 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 9 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may 10 seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal practices relating to 11 competing products. Exhibit C (GOOG- GRANTED as to The information requested to be sealed 12 CALH-00864584) the portions at: contains Google’s confidential and proprietary information regarding sensitive 13 In its entirety features of Google’s internal systems and 14 operations, including details related to Google’s internal projects and organizations, 15 that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 16 generally known to the public or Google’s 17 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 18 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 19 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 20 proprietary information could affect 21 Google’s competitive standing as competitors may alter their systems and 22 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 23 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 24 Google’s internal practices relating to 25 competing products. 26 17. Dkt. 757 27 Documents Sought to Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling Google LLC’s GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 1 Submission in entire document contains Google’s confidential and 2 Response to Dkt. 756 proprietary information regarding sensitive features of Google’s internal systems and 3 operations, including various types of Google’s internal data logging systems, that 4 Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary course of its business and is not 5 generally known to the public or Google’s 6 competitors. Such confidential and proprietary information reveals Google’s 7 internal strategies, system designs, and business practices for operating and 8 maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such confidential and 9 proprietary information could affect Google’s 10 competitive standing as competitors may alter their data logging systems and practices 11 relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 12 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 13 Google’s internal data logging infrastructure. 14 18. Dkt. 761 15 Documents Sought to Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 16 be Sealed Motion to Seal June 30, 2022 Hearing GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed 17 Transcript portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 18 proprietary information regarding sensitive 7:12, 7:17, 7:24, 8:17- features of Google’s internal systems and 19 18, 8:21, 9:5-12, 9:19, operations, including details related to 10:17-21, 13:25, 14:1- Google’s internal projects, internal databases, 20 12, 15:15, 15:23, data signals, and logs, and their proprietary 16:10-11, 16:20, 17:2, functionalities, data size, as well as internal 21 17:25, 18:7, 18:16, metrics, that Google maintains as confidential 22 19:4, 20:12, 20:15, in the ordinary course of its business and is 21:10, 23:9-12, 25:13, not generally known to the public or Google’s 23 26:15, 29:4, 29:25, competitors. Such confidential and 35:7, 35:19, 36:10, proprietary information reveals Google’s 24 36:15, 37:7, 38:2, internal strategies, system designs, and 25 38:12-17, 40:20, business practices for operating and 40:23, 44:23, 48:18, maintaining many of its services. Public 26 49:4, 49:8, 57:18 disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s 27 competitive standing as competitors may alter I competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of cybersecurity threats, 2 as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise Google’s internal 3 practices relating to competing products. 4 5 19. Dkt. 764 6 Documents Court’s Ruling on Reason(s) for Court’s Ruling 7 Sought to be Motion to Seal Sealed 8 Order Following | GRANTED as to the The information requested to be sealed June 30, 2022 | portions at: contains Google’s confidential and 9 Hearing on proprietary information regarding sensitive 10 Preservation Plan | Pages 1:15, 1:17, 1:23-28 | features of Google’s internal systems and operations, including various types of 11 Google’s internal projects logs, that Google maintains as confidential in the ordinary q 12 course of its business and is not generally known to the public or Google’s competitors. 13 Such confidential and proprietary 14 information reveals Google’s internal strategies, system designs, and business 3 45 practices for operating and maintaining many of its services. Public disclosure of such A 16 confidential and proprietary information could affect Google’s competitive standing as 17 competitors may alter their systems and 18 practices relating to competing products. It may also place Google at an increased risk of 19 cybersecurity threats, as third parties may seek to use the information to compromise 20 Google’s internal practices relating to competing products. 21 22 33 Within 7 days of the date of this Order, Plaintiffs are ordered to file an unredacted version of Dkt. 717, in accordance with the Court’s denial of the motion to seal at Dkt. 716. SO ORDERED. 25 Dated: July 15, 2022 27 SUSAN VAN KEULEN 2g United States Magistrate Judge