Google LLC
ountain View, California 94043 Google www.google.com
09/01/20
l.M.ivestigation
em ureal
New York, NY 10278
Re: Grand Jury Subpoena dated August 26, 2020 (Google Ref. No. 3971083)
2018R01618; 20 MAG 9134
Dear
Pursuant to the Grand Jury Subpoena issued in the above-referenced matter, we have
conducted a diligent search for documents and information accessible on Google's systems that
are responsive to your request. Our response is made in accordance with state and federal law,
including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. See 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.
Accompanying this letter is responsive information to the extent reasonably accessible
from our system associated with the Google account(s) that used
as Google account sign-in(s) as specified in the Grand Jury
Subpoena. We have also included a signed Certificate of Authenticity which includes a list of
hash values that correspond to each file contained in the production. Google may not retain a
copy of this production but does endeavor to keep a list of the files and their respective hash
values. To the extent any document provided herein contains information exceeding the scope of
your request, protected from disclosure or otherwise not subject to production, if at all, we have
redacted such information or removed such data fields.
Google objects and has not produced records associated with Google accounts for which
you have not expressly provided an account identifier or which derive from records or other
information of the subject account(s) that you seek to have Google search. Because this exceeds
the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 2703(c)(2), Google requires a court order pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §
2703(d) based on specific and articulable facts showing that the accounts linked by secondary
email address are relevant and material to your investigation for the duration of the time period
requested. Moreover, bulk requests for information about a large number of unidentified or
unspecified Google users is both burdensome to Google and may implicate the First Amendment
or other rights of Google users. See In re Grand Jury Subpoena to Amazon.com Dated August 7,
2006, 246 F.R.D. 570, 573 (D. Wis. 2007) (applying First Amendment analysis to grand jury
subpoena for bulk Amazon customer data). To the extent you seek information about additional
Google accounts, Google can comply with legal process that expressly contains an account
identifier for each of those accounts that you determine are relevant to your investigation.
The identifier(s), , you provided is not unique and cannot be
associated to a specific subscriber's account. Therefore, we do not have documents responsive to
your request for this identifier.
EFTA00019636
Google LLC
Mountain View, California 94043 Google www.google.com
After a diligent search and reasonable inquiry, we have found no records for any Google
account-holder(s) identified as . Therefore, we do not have documents responsive
to your request.
Please note that a subpoena is not sufficient process to compel production of the account
status associated with the specified account. The scope of information available pursuant to a
subpoena is limited to the items specified in section 2703(cX2) of the Electronic Communications
Privacy Act ("ECPA"). 18 U.S.C. §2701 et seq. A court order issued under section 2703(d) or a
search warrant is required to compel production of other "record[s] or other information" such as
the account status of a specified account. 18 U.S.C.2703(c)(1).
Please note that Google Pay service data is under the control of Google Payment
Corporation. Any request for such data must be specifically addressed to Google Payment
Corporation and can be served through the email address
For a Google Custodian of Records, we will require a subpoena and confirmation from
you of the time and date of the appearance, the scope of testimony, any Google Reference
Number(s) associated with the case, and the travel for the appearance at least one week in
advance in order to identify, make the appropriate plans for, and prepare a custodian for trial.
Finally, in accordance with Section 2706 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act,
Google may request reimbursement for reasonable costs incurred in processing your request.
Regards,
Albert Sanchez
Google Legal Investigations Support
EFTA00019637
Google LLC
Mountain View, California 94043 Google www.google.com
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
I hereby certify:
1. I am authorized to submit this affidavit on behalf of Google LLC ("Google"), located in
Mountain View, California. I have personal knowledge of the following facts, except as noted,
and could testify competently thereto if called as a witness.
2. I am qualified to authenticate the records because I am familiar with how the records
were created, managed, stored and retrieved.
3. Google provides Internet-based services.
4. Attached is a true and correct copy of records pertaining to the Google account(s)
that used as Google account sign-in(s) I , with
Google Ref. No. 3971083 ("Document"). Accompanying this Certificate of Authenticity as
Attachment A is a list of hash values corresponding to each file produced in response to the Grand
Jury Subpoena.
5. The Document is a record made and retained by Google. Google servers record this data
automatically at the time, or reasonably soon after, it is entered or transmitted by the user, and this
data is kept in the course of this regularly conducted activity and was made by regularly
conducted activity as a regular practice of Google.
6. The Document is a true duplicate of original records that were generated by Google's
electronic process or system that produces an accurate result. The accuracy of Google's
electronic process and system is regularly verified by Google.
7. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true
and correct to the best of my knowledge.
/s_Albert Sanchez Date: 09/01/20
(Signature of Records Custodian)
Albert Sanchez
(Name of Records Custodian)
EFTA00019638
Gooale LLC
ountain View, California 94)43 Google www.google.com
Attachment A: Hash Values for Production Files (Google Ref. No. 3971083)
GoogleAccountSubscriberInfo_001.zir
MD5- clbad631b1bdf99736a322fal23bb39a
SHA512-
0503ebc3065955adb3a33d9e72e1a9a8a669f394389e42d805ebccde97d07d525084fee85d83f3320
73fce9114540eb1217bdeOedfc6d95335b972a728c9938d
EFTA00019639