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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`FACEBOOK, INC.,
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`BRANDTOTAL LTD., et al.,
`Defendants.
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`Case No. 20-cv-07182-JCS
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`ORDER REGARDING JOINT
`DISCOVERY LETTER BRIEF
`Re: Dkt. No. 179
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`The parties have filed a joint discovery letter brief (dkt. 179) addressing BrandTotal’s
`“end-to-end source code” showing its treatment of data collected from Facebook. The Court finds
`that this source code falls within the scope of Facebook’s document requests, that it is relevant to
`Facebook’s claims, and that its production is proportional to the needs of the case. The Court
`recognizes BrandTotal’s arguments regarding the sensitivity of this data, but the stringent
`protections that the parties agreed to for source code produced in this case are sufficient to protect
`that interest. See Stip. Protective Order (dkt. 107) § 9. BrandTotal is ORDERED to make its end-
`to-end source code available for inspection in a manner consistent with the protective order.
`The parties’ joint letter does not address what would be reasonable timeline for production
`of this information. The parties shall meet and confer by videoconference no later than September
`9, 2021 to set an appropriate deadline. In the unlikely event the parties cannot resolve that narrow
`issue of timing, they may submit a joint letter brief not exceeding three pages no later than
`September 13, 2021.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
`Dated: September 2, 2021
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`______________________________________
`JOSEPH C. SPERO
`Chief Magistrate Judge
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