John Doe I et al. v. Google LLC
Google sued over Analytics on ~5,000 provider sites; court drew the line at Google's 2023 guidance.
Active — motion to dismiss decided, proceeding
Primary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
The matter
- Matter ID
- SND-0153
- Organization
- Google LLC — Doe I v. Google (Google Analytics on provider sites)
- Location
- National
- Provider type
- Ad platform or social network
- Court
- N.D. Cal. (Judge Chhabria)
- Docket
- 3:23-cv-02431-VC
Timeline
- Filed
- May 2023
- Key ruling
- Jun 6, 2025
Key ruling
Wiretap, CIPA, intrusion, privacy, and unjust enrichment claims survive for pre-2023 conduct but are dismissed for conduct after Google’s 2023 health-data guidance.
Status note
ACTIVE. July 22, 2024: dismissed with leave. June 6, 2025: Wiretap Act, CIPA, intrusion, privacy, and unjust enrichment claims SURVIVE for pre-2023 conduct (Google’s warnings “so inadequate” that intentional collection is plausible) but DISMISSED for post-2023 conduct. | Court drew a line at Google’s 2023 health-data guidance.
Exposure
Pages covered Both portal and public site
Tracking technologies named
Google Analytics (version not specified)
Plaintiff firms
Source
Opinion Court order or opinion
Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cite as SounderData.com Tracker Litigation Database, September 11, 2026.