Rodriguez v. Google LLC
20-cv-04688-RS (N.D. Cal. Jan. 3, 2024)
damages model does, in fact, account for classwide attitudes and Google's class-wide alleged
wrongdoing.
V. CONCLUSION
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For the reasons discussed above, Plaintiffs' motion
to grant class certification is granted, and Google's
motion to exclude the opinion of Plaintiffs'
damages expert is denied. The following classes
are certified: *24
Class 1: All individuals who, during the
period beginning July 1, 2016 and
continuing through the present (the “Class
Period”), (a) had their “Web & App
Activity” and/or “supplemental Web &
App Activity” setting turned off and (b)
whose activity on a non-Google-branded
mobile app was still transmitted to Google,
from (c) a mobile device running the
Android operating system, because of the
Firebase Software Development Kit
(“SDK”) and/or Google Mobile Ads SDK.
Class 2: All individuals who, during the
Class Period (a) had their “Web & App
Activity” and/or “supplemental Web &
App Activity” setting turned off and (b)
whose activity on a non-Google-branded
mobile app was still transmitted to Google,
from (c) a mobile device running a nonAndroid operating system, because of the
Firebase SDK and/or Google Mobile Ads
SDK.
The parties will appear for a Case Management
Conference on February 1, 2024 and submit a
Joint Case Management Statement by January 25,
2024.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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