UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COM1\.11SSI 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES 

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RagingWire Data Centers, Inc., ) DOCKET NO. 9386 

a corporation; ) 

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COMPLAINT COUNSEL'S MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONDENT 

RAGINGWIRE DATA CENTERS, INC. 'S RESPONSES TO COMPLAINT COUNSEL'S

FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION 

(Expedited Briefing Requested) 

Pursuant to FTC Rule 3.38, Complaint Counsel respectfully move the Court to oven1Ile 

Respondent's relevance objections and require Respondent to respond fully to Complaint 

Counsel's First Set oflntenogatories and First Set of Document Requests ("RFPs"). Wetherill 

Deel., Ex. A (InteITogatories): Ex. B (RFPs); Ex. C (Inte1Togat01y responses); Ex. D (RFP 

responses). 

Complaint Counsel seeks expedited briefing because Respondent has failed to comply 

with the Januaiy 23, 2020 deadline established in this Com1's December 30, 2019 Order 

Granting Respondent's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Discove1y Requests 

("December Order") (granting 2-week extension until Januaiy 23, rather than the requested 

extension to Februa1y 9). Id., Ex.Eat 1 (Production Cover Letter) (Respondent only produced 

100 documents in response to three out of 10 RFPs). Respondent now claims that the Comi's 

Januaiy 23, 2020 deadline, and Rule 3.37(b) more generally, merely set the date for Respondent 

to begin, rather than complete, its document production, and that it is entitled to engage in a 

production schedule of its own choosing - without any apparent deadline for completing its 

production, or even an obligation to tell Complaint Counsel when it plans to finish its 

production. Id. at ,r 15-16. 
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 Given that Respondent has already been granted one extension, that Respondent failed to 

meet that extension, and that Respondent’s dilatory tactics are prejudicial to Complaint Counsel, 

Complaint Counsel respectfully request the Court to require Respondent to file its response to 

this motion by January 31, 2020. Otherwise, under the default briefing schedule, Respondent 

would essentially enjoy the February 9, 2020 discovery extension that this Court specifically 

declined to grant. 16 C.F.R. §3.22(d). Alternatively, Complaint Counsel respectfully request 

that the Court issue an immediate order clarifying that its December Order extended 

Respondent’s obligation under FTC Rule 3.37 to respond to the RFPs in full, and that all 

responsive documents not in dispute be produced within 48 hours of the Court’s order. 

BACKGROUND

 Count 1 of the Complaint alleges that, “from at least January 2017 until at least October 

2018,” Respondent made false and deceptive representations about participating in the EU-U.S. 

Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”) and the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework (“Safe 

Harbor”).1 Compl. ¶¶20-21, 38-39 (challenging misrepresentations about Privacy Shield in 

Respondent’s privacy policy and a misrepresentation about Safe Harbor in Respondent’s sales 

materials). Privacy Shield replaced Safe Harbor in 2016 as one of the few ways in which 

participating U.S. companies could legally transfer personal information out of the European 

Union (“EU”) in compliance with the EU’s privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation 

(“GDPR”).2 Compl. ¶¶5-13. Respondent generally admits to making these misrepresentations, 

but disputes their materiality, in part because it asserts that Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor do 

not apply to its business operations. See Respondent’s Answer, at 2-4. 

 

1 Counts 2-4 of the Complaint challenge Respondent’s misrepresentations related to its compliance with Privacy 

Shield’s substantive privacy requirements.

2 Although GDPR became effective in May 2018, similar restrictions on cross-border transfers of personal 

information have been in place since the 1990s. Compl. ¶5.
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 On December 10, 2019, Complaint Counsel served 6 interrogatories and 10 document 

requests (“RFPs”) that largely focused on the issue of materiality. Respondent is withholding, 

primarily on the basis of relevance objections, information and documents 1) otherwise 

responsive to Interrogatories 5-6 and RFPs 1-4 and 6-8 relating to Safe Harbor and GDPR; and 

2) from prior to June 2016 in response to Interrogatory 5 and RFP 6. Wetherill Decl., Ex. C at 2, 

4 (Interrogatory Responses); Ex. D at 2, 4 (RFP responses).

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 Complaint Counsel met and conferred with Respondent’s counsel on January 24, 2020, 

but could not reach a resolution. See Meet and Confer Statement. 

LEGAL STANDARD 

 Under FTC Rule 3.31(c), materials are discoverable if they “may be reasonably expected 

to yield information relevant to the allegations of the complaint, to the proposed relief, or to the 

defenses of any respondent,” or if they “appear[] reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery 

of admissible evidence.” 16 C.F.R. 3.31(c). Information is “relevant” to a matter if it has any 

“tendency” to make a consequential fact “more or less probable.” FED. R. EVID. 401. There is a 

“low bar for demonstrating relevance in discovery.” Johnson v. CoreCivic, Inc., No. 18-CV1051-STA-TMP, 2019 WL 5089086, at *3 (W.D. Tenn. Oct. 10, 2019). 

ARGUMENT

Complaint Counsel’s narrowly tailored requests are reasonably calculated to lead to the 

discovery of admissible evidence in support of the Complaint’s allegations and disproving 

Respondent’s defenses. Respondent’s relevance objections appear to be based upon its 

misunderstanding that materiality can only be shown by evidence of actual reliance. This is not 

the law. See, e.g., F.T.C. v. Wilcox, 926 F. Supp. 1091, 1099 (S.D. Fla. 1995). Any evidence 

 

3 The broad redactions tentatively marked in this Motion reflect the fact that Respondent designated every page of 

their discovery responses, including their general objections, as “Confidential” under the Protective Order.
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tending to show that Respondent’s misrepresentations concern information consumers find 

important is relevant. See, e.g., Kraft, 970 F.2d at 324 (information about Respondent’s intent 

and conduct supported finding that subject matter of misrepresentation was material). 

 As described below, responsive information and documents relating to Safe Harbor and 

GDPR, as well as the limited information and documents sought before June 2016 concerning 

Respondent’s decision to participate, or continue to participate, in Safe Harbor and/or Privacy 

Shield (“Participation Decision”), are relevant and must be produced. 

I. DISCOVERY RELATED TO SAFE HARBOR AND GDPR IS RELEVANT

To prove the Complaint’s deception allegations, Complaint Counsel must show that 

Respondent’s misrepresentations about participating in the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

Framework and/or the Safe Harbor Framework from at least January 2017 until at least October 

2018,” Compl. ¶37, were material—that is, they relate to “information that is important to 

consumers and, hence, likely to affect their choice of, or conduct regarding, a product.” Cliffdale 

Assocs., 103 F.TC. 110, 165 (1984); see also Kraft, Inc., 114 F.T.C. 40, 112-12 (1991) 

(materiality not limited to purchase decisions; consumer conduct could be affected in other ways, 

such as decreasing their milk consumption in reliance on calcium-related claim). 

Interrogatories 5-6, and RFPs 1-4 and 6-8 seek information and documents relating to 

Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield, and/or GDPR that are highly relevant to the resolution of this 

matter. RFPs 1-4 seek representations, advertisements and customer communications relating to 

Safe Harbor (among other things), including customized versions of the specific sales materials 

challenged in Paragraph 21 of the Complaint; Interrogatories 5 and 6 seek information about 

Respondent’s decision to join Safe Harbor and any contention that such Safe Harbor 

misrepresentations are immaterial. The face of the Complaint establishes the relevance of these
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discovery requests: Complaint Paragraphs 21 and 37 explicitly challenge as deceptive 

Respondent’s misrepresentations about Safe Harbor in certain sales materials. See Wetherill 

Decl. at Ex. C and D (discovery responses not raising relevance objection to same requests as 

they pertain to Privacy Shield misrepresentations described in Complaint Paragraphs 20 and 37).

Moreover, Safe Harbor-related discovery is also relevant to proving the materiality of 

Respondent’s Privacy Shield misrepresentations because Privacy Shield replaced Safe Harbor as 

a lawful mechanism for transferring personal data from the EU. Compl. ¶8. For example, 

discovery indicating that customers cared about Safe Harbor is likely to lead to admissible 

evidence that they also care about the framework that replaced Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield. 

 Thus, discovery on why Respondent decided to participate in Safe Harbor, and 

continued to participate in that framework for so many years, is likely to lead to key admissible 

evidence on Respondent’s understanding of the importance of its Privacy Shield certification to 

its customers, and its defense that Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor do not apply to its business 

operations. Accordingly, Respondent should be required to produce information responsive to 

Interrogatory 5, which asks for the identity of individuals involved in its Participation Decision, 

and RFPs 6-7, asking for documents, regardless of date, about Respondent’s Participation 

Decision, and monies Respondent spent to participate in those frameworks. 

Discovery related to GDPR is likewise relevant to the materiality of Respondent’s 

misrepresentations because Privacy Shield is a tool for complying with GDPR. Compl. ¶ 5-14. 

Evidence tending to show that Respondent’s customers care about GDPR compliance would 

make it more likely that they would consider information about the accuracy of Respondent’s 

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Privacy Shield representations to be important. See Wetherill Decl., Ex. F at ¶¶5-6 (Customer 

declaration explaining that, as part of complying with its own obligations under GDPR, it 

considers the “accuracy of a [service provider’s] representations about being a Privacy Shield 

participant [to be] a big deal”). This discovery is also likely to lead to additional admissible 

evidence: these customers—even if they did not explicitly discuss Privacy Shield with 

Respondent—may have reviewed Respondent’s privacy policy and considered the Privacy 

Shield misrepresentations contained therein to be important. See id. at Ex. F, ¶4 (noting that part 

of its vendor vetting process includes reviewing the company’s privacy policy). 

Because discovery related to Safe Harbor and GDPR is reasonably calculated to lead to 

the discovery of admissible evidence, this Court should require Respondent to provide such 

information and documents in response to Interrogatories 5-6, and RFPs 1-4 and 6-8. 

II. RESPONDENT’S OBJECTIONS TO THE DISCOVERY TIMEFRAME ARE

WITHOUT MERIT

Complaint Counsel’s discovery requests include one interrogatory and one RFP that seek

information and documents prior to June 2016: Interrogatory 5 asks Respondent to identify the 

employees, and describe their role, who were involved in its Participation Decision; and RFP 6 

seeks all documents, regardless of date, relating to the Participation Decision. Respondent 

argues that these requests do not seek relevant information and are unduly burdensome. See

Wetherill Decl., ¶14; Ex. C at 9 (“irrelevant to the claims and defenses in this action, overly 

broad, and unduly burdensome”); Ex. D at 7 (same). 

As a preliminary matter, seeking discovery for a timeframe before or after an alleged 

violation is permissible when it may shed light on claims, defenses, or relief at issue in a 

particular matter. See LabMD, Inc., Dkt. No. 9357, 2013 WL 6327986, at *6 (F.T.C. Nov. 22, 

2013) (holding that information about Respondent’s conduct after the alleged violations was
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relevant and therefore discoverable); see also Miner, Ltd. v. Keck, 2019 WL 2869063, at *2 

(M.D. Fl. July 3, 2019) (“The relevant time frame [of discovery requests] depends upon the 

information being sought.”). 

Here, as previously discussed, supra at 5, discovery about why Respondent decided to 

participate in Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield are highly relevant to the question of Respondent’s 

understanding of the importance of its certifications to its customers and its defense that Privacy 

Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield do not apply to its business operations. 

Additionally, neither discovery request is unduly burdensome. Indeed, Interrogatory 5 

only seeks the identity and role of individuals involved in Respondent’s Participation Decision. 

RFP 6 is narrowly tailored to seek documents, regardless of date, related to Respondent’s 

Participation Decision. Given the significance of this discovery, see supra at p. 5, and the 

limited number of custodians whose files would need to be searched in response to this narrowly 

tailored RFP, this request is not unduly burdensome. 

For the above reasons, this Court should order Respondent to provide responsive 

information and documents prior to June 2016 for these two requests.

III. EXPEDITED BRIEFING IS NECESSARY

Expedited briefing is necessary here because Respondent is unabashedly disregarding the

deadlines set in the December Order. Rule 3.37(b) requires parties to respond to requests for 

production of documents within 30 days except in case of a valid objection. 16 C.F.R. § 3.37(b); 

see also Jerk, LLC, Dkt. No. 9361, 2014 WL 7183807, at *3 (F.T.C. Dec. 8, 2014) 

(Respondent’s “objections and responses were due within 30 days” under Rule 3.37(b)). 

Respondent failed to comply with the December Order, and has declined to provide a production 
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schedule. See supra at 2. Having failed to obtain its requested 30-day extension, Respondent is 

now interpreting the Court’s order as a free pass to produce documents whenever it wants.

The absurdity of Respondent’s interpretation of the Court’s December Order is manifest: 

it completely vitiates the concept of discovery deadlines. It is also contrary to Respondent’s own 

position when it was seeking its extension. Complaint Counsel specifically asked Respondent’s 

counsel if its motion for an extension was to begin, or to complete, its document production 

within 30 days, and counsel responded that it was to complete its production in the allotted time. 

Wetherill Decl., Ex. F. 

Importantly, Respondent’s dilatory tactics are prejudicial to Complaint Counsel because 

it delays our ability to identify key customers from whom Complaint Counsel can pursue thirdparty discovery on the disputed issue of materiality. It will also impose a substantial burden on 

third parties who will, in turn, have less time to respond to any such third-party discovery. See 

Wetherill Decl. ¶¶19-22. 

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the Court should grant Complaint Counsel’s Motion and issue 

an Order compelling Respondent to provide all responsive discovery relating to Safe Harbor, 

GDPR and the full timeframe specified in the Requests on a rolling basis, to be completed by or 

before February 10, 2020. 

Complaint Counsel also requests that the Court issue an expedited briefing schedule for 

this motion and require Respondent’s response by January 31, 2020, or alternatively, to 

immediately issue an order clarifying its December Order and requiring Respondent to produce 

all responsive documents not in dispute within 48 hours. 
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Dated: January 27, 2020 Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Linda Kopp

Linda Holleran Kopp 

Robin L. Wetherill 

Division of Privacy and Identity Protection 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Mailstop CC-8402 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-2267 (Kopp)

Facsimile: (202) 326-3393 

Electronic mail: lkopp@ftc.gov (Kopp) 

Complaint Counsel
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 30, 2019, I caused the foregoing document to 

be filed electronically through the Office of the Secretary's FTC E-filing system, which 

will send notification of such filing to: 

April S. Tabor, Acting Secretary

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm. 

H-113 Washington, DC 20580

I also certify that I caused a copy of the foregoing document to be transmitted via 

electronic mail to:

The Honorable D. Michael 

Chappell Administrative Law Judge

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Rm. 

H-110 Washington, DC 20580

I further certify that I caused a copy of the foregoing document to be served via 

electronic mail to:

Corey W. Roush

C. Fairley Spillman

Diana E. Schaffner

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2001 K. Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 887-4000

croush@akingump.com

fspillman@akingump.com

dschaffner@akingump.com

Counsel for Respondent RagingWire Data Centers, Inc.

January 27, 2020 By: /s/ Robin Wetherill

Robin Wetherill

Federal Trade Commission

Bureau of Consumer Protection 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

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In the Matter of ) 

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RagingWire Data Centers, Inc., ) DOCKET NO. 9386

a corporation; )

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SEPARATE MEET AND CONFER STATEMENT

Consistent with this Court’s Scheduling Order, Complaint Counsel met and conferred by 

telephone on January 24, 2020 with counsel for Respondent RagingWire Data Centers, Inc. 

(“RagingWire”) in a good faith effort to resolve the discovery disputes that are the subject of 

Complaint Counsel’s Motion to Compel Responses to Complaint Counsel’s Fist Set of 

Discovery Requests (“Motion”). Complaint Counsel also met and conferred via an exchange of 

emails on January 24, 2020, and January 27, 2020. While counsel were able to partly resolve 

their dispute about the relevant discovery period, counsel were unable to resolve their disputes 

about the matters that are the subject of the Motion. 

Dated: January 27, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Robin L. Wetherill 

Robin L. Wetherill 

Division of Privacy and Identity Protection 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Mailstop CC-8402 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-2220 

Facsimile: (202) 326-3393 

Electronic mail: rwetherill@ftc.gov 

Complaint Counsel
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

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In the Matter of ) 

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RagingWire Data Centers, Inc., ) DOCKET NO. 9386

a corporation; )

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING COMPLAINT COUNSEL’S 

MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO COMPLAINT COUNSEL’S 

FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS

Upon consideration of Complaint Counsel’s Motion to Compel Responses to Complaint 

Counsel’s First Set of Discovery Requests:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Complaint Counsel’s Motion is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall produce information and documents 

responsive to Interrogatories 5 and 6 in Complaint Counsel First Set of Interrogatories, and 

Requests for Production 1-4, and 6-8 in Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Requests that relate to 

the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework or to the European General Data Protection Regulation. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall respond to Interrogatory 5 and 

Request for Production 6 for the relevant time period prior to June 2016. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent (“Respondent”) shall provide responses to 

Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Discovery Requests on a rolling basis, and complete its 

document production by or before February 10, 2020. 

ORDERED: 

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D. Michael Chappell

Chief Administrative Law Judge

Date:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

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In the Matter of ) 

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RagingWire Data Centers, Inc., ) DOCKET NO. 9386

a corporation; )

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING COMPLAINT COUNSEL’S 

REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING REGARDING THEIR 

MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TO COMPLAINT COUNSEL’S 

FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS

On January 27, 2020, Complaint Counsel filed Complaint Counsel’s Motion to Compel 

Responses to Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Discovery Requests. Complaint Counsel further 

requested that this Court establish an expedited schedule for briefing said motion. 

Having determined that a shorter response period is appropriate under Rule 3.22(d), it is 

hereby ORDERED that any written response to Complaint Counsel’s Motion to Compel 

Responses to Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Discovery Requests shall be submitted no later 

than 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2020. 

ORDERED: ____________________________ 

D. Michael Chappell

Administrative Law Judge

Date: 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

In the Matter of

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a corporation, Docket No. 9386

Respondent.

DECLARATION OF ROBIN L. WETHERILL

1. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration, and if called as a

witness, I could and would testify competently under oath to such facts. This declaration

is submitted in support of Complaint Counsel’s Motion to Compel Respondent

RagingWire Data Centers, Inc.’s Responses to Complaint Counsel’s First Set of

Interrogatories and Requests for Production (“Motion to Compel”).

2. I am an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission and Complaint Counsel in this

proceeding.

3. Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Interrogatories to

RagingWire, Inc. [sic], dated December 10, 2019.

4. Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Requests to

RagingWire Data Centers, Inc. for Production of Documents, dated December 10, 2019.

5. Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of RagingWire’s Objections and Responses to

Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Interrogatories.

6. Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of RagingWire’s Objections and Responses to

Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Requests for Production of Documents.
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7. Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of Respondent’ production cover letter,

accompanying its discovery responses, dated January 23, 2020.

8. Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of Complaint Counsel’s December 27-30, 2019 email

exchange with counsel for Respondent, in which counsel for Respondent states, in

response to a question posed by L. Kopp, that the 30-day extension they are seeking is an

extension to respond fully to Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Requests for Production of

Documents.

9. Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of the Declaration of Christopher Ghazerian, General

Counsel of DreamHost, LLC, a customer of RagingWire.

10. Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of the cover letter that accompanied the

Commission’s Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) to RagingWire, dated October 1,

2018.

11. On January 24, 2020, lead Complaint Counsel Linda Holleran Kopp and I spoke with

counsel for Respondent RagingWire Data Centers, Inc. (“RagingWire") about

RagingWire’s responses to Complaint Counsel’s first set of discovery requests.

12. During this telephone conference, Counsel spoke about, among other things,

RagingWire’s relevance objections and the materiality of responsive information and

documents relating to the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework (“Safe Harbor”), the General

Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and the full discovery timeframe set forth in the

discovery requests. Counsel have not been able to resolve their disputes as to the

relevance of Safe Harbor, GDPR, or responsive documents and information from prior to

June 2016.
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13. During this telephone conference, Complaint Counsel also inquired as to whether

RagingWire, in responding to Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Discovery Requests, had

withheld any information or documents on the basis of any objection other than

RagingWire’s general objections as to the relevance of Safe Harbor and GDPR and as to

the relevant time period. RagingWire responded that it was not “standing on” any other

objection in withholding documents or information, except for possibly its objection to

the definition of “Advertisements” because it had not yet completed its due diligence in

responding to this request.

14. During this telephone conference, counsel for Respondent asserted that searching for any

information or documents from prior to June 2016, as required by Interrogatory 5 (see

Ex. A at 7), and RFP 6 (see Ex. B at 5), was unduly burdensome.

15. Complaint Counsel inquired whether RagingWire would complete its production of

documents that are not in dispute by February 9, 2020, because RagingWire’s counsel

had previously indicated it could produce all responsive documents by that date during

meet and confer discussions prior to RagingWire filing its December 27, 2019 Motion for

Extension of Time to Respond to Discovery Requests. Lead counsel for Respondent

stated that he did not feel any obligation to finish producing documents by that date

because Complaint Counsel had not accepted his offer and instead required Respondent

to file its motion for an extension. Counsel then declined to commit to any date by which

RagingWire would complete its document production.

16. Complaint Counsel expressed that, in our view, RagingWire is currently in violation of

the Court’s December 30, 2019 Order Granting Respondent’s Motion for Extension of

Time to Respond to Discovery Requests. Lead counsel for Respondent disagreed,
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asserting that “that’s not how discovery works,” and that RagingWire was obligated only 

to begin, rather than complete, its production by the deadline stated in the order. 

17. As part of the FTC’s investigation into the practices at issue in this matter, it issued a

Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) to RagingWire on October 1, 2018. The cover letter

accompanying the CID included the following instruction:

You must immediately stop any routine procedures for electronic or paper 

document destruction, and you must preserve all paper or electronic documents 

that are in any way relevant to this investigation, even if you believe the 

documents are protected from discovery by privilege or some other reason. 

See Exhibit H. 

18.

19. Respondent’s delay in producing responsive discovery imposes a significant prejudice on

Complaint Counsel and will, in turn, impose a substantial burden on third parties. Many

of the discovery requests are stepping stones to other discovery that Complaint Counsel

will need in order to rebut Respondent’s arguments. For example, Respondent argued at

the Initial Scheduling Conference that the presumption of materiality should not apply to

its deceptive statements because its customers did not care about its Privacy Shield status

and because Respondent does not charge more for its services than do its competitors

without a Privacy Shield certification.

20. Complaint Counsel needs the discovery at issue before it can seek third-party discovery

to rebut these arguments. See, e.g., Ex. B at Requests 3, 5 and 8 and 9 (seeking

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Respondent’s customer contracts, communications with customers about Safe Harbor, 

Privacy Shield and GDPR, and information about Respondent’s competitors with Privacy 

Shield certifications). Respondent’s delay in producing responsive materials means that 

there will only be, at best, two and a half months left in the discovery period to obtain 

such discovery. 

21. In that time, Complaint Counsel would need to review the discovery responses and 

identify relevant third parties, and subpoena those third parties; the third parties, which 

have never been previously contacted by the FTC in this matter, would need to obtain 

counsel and then search for and produce responsive documents; and Complaint Counsel 

would need to review those documents and then schedule and take any necessary 

depositions. There is a significant risk that two and a half months will be insufficient to 

complete these tasks, thereby significantly prejudicing Complaint Counsel. 

22. Even if possible, this short timetable would impose a substantial burden on the third 

parties by cutting their available time to respond to discovery requests within the 

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I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 

27th Day of January in Washington, D.C.

Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Robin L. Wetherill 

Robin L. Wetherill 

Division of Privacy and Identity Protection 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Mailstop CC-8402 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-2220 

Facsimile: (202) 326-3393 

Electronic mail: rwetherill@ftc.gov 

Complaint Counsel
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

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In the Matter of )

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RagingWire, Inc., ) DOCKET NO. 9386

a corporation; )

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COMPLAINT COUNSEL’S FIRST SET OF 

INTERROGATORIES TO RAGINGWIRE, INC.

Pursuant to Rule 3.35 of the Federal Trade Commission’s Rules of Practice for 

Adjudicative Proceedings and the Court’s Scheduling Order dated December 5, 2019, Complaint 

Counsel requests that Respondent RagingWire, Inc. (“RagingWire”) respond to these 

Interrogatories within 30 days and furnish the requested information to Complaint Counsel at the 

Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, CC-8232, Washington, DC 20580, 

or at such time and place as may be agreed upon by all counsel. 

DEFINITIONS

Notwithstanding any definition below, each word, term, or phrase used in these Requests 

is intended to have the broadest meaning permitted under the Federal Trade Commission’s Rules 

of Practice.

1. “1995 Directive” means Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing

of Personal Information and on the free movement of such data, 1995 O.J. (L 281) 31-50.

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2. “And” and “or” shall be construed either disjunctively or conjunctively as necessary to

bring within the scope of the request any information that might otherwise be construed

to be outside its scope.

3. “Any” and “all” shall be construed to include “any and all.”

4. “Describe in Detail” shall mean providing the information requested in narrative form,

and shall include an explanation of each material change, if any, made over the applicable

time period relating to the practices described, as well as the effective date of the

change(s), and the reason(s) for such change(s).

5. “Document” or “Documents” are synonymous in meaning and equal in scope to the

usage of the terms as defined by 16 C.F.R. 3.34(b), and includes, without limitation, the

complete original and any non-identical copy (whether different from the original

because of notations on the copy or otherwise), regardless of origin or location, of any

written, typed, printed, transcribed, filmed, punched, or graphic matter of every type and

description, however and by whomever prepared, produced, disseminated or made,

including, but not limited to, any advertisement, book, pamphlet, periodical, contract,

correspondence, file, invoice, memorandum, note, telegram, report, record, handwritten

note, working paper, routing slip, chart, graph, paper, index, map, tabulation, manual,

guide, outline, script, abstract, history, calendar, diary, journal, agenda, minute, code

book, or label. “Document” shall also include electronically stored information (“ESI”).

ESI means the complete original and any nonidentical copy (whether different from the

original because of notations, different metadata, or otherwise), regardless of origin or

location, of any electronically created or stored information, including, but not limited to,

electronic mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, and other electronic

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correspondence (whether active, archived, or in a deleted items folder), word processing 

files, spreadsheets, databases, and sound recordings, whether stored on cards, magnetic or 

electronic tapes, disks, computer files, computer or other drives, cell phones, Blackberry, 

PDA, or other storage media, and such technical assistance or instructions as will enable 

conversion of such ESI into a reasonably usable form. 

6. “Each” and “any” include “all,” so as to have the broadest meaning whenever necessary

to bring within the scope of any document request all information and/or documents that

might otherwise be construed to be outside its scope.

7. “EEA” shall mean the European Economic Area, comprised of member countries of the

European Union as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

8. “GDPR” shall mean Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the

processing of Personal Information and on the free movement of such data, and repealing

Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), 2016 O.J. (L 119) 1-88.

9. “Identify” shall be construed to require identification of (a) natural persons by name,

title, present business affiliation, present business address and telephone number, or if a

present business affiliation or present business address is not known, the last known

business and home addresses; and (b) businesses or other organizations by name, address,

telephone number, identities of natural persons who are officers, directors or managers of

the business or organization, and contact persons, where applicable.

10. “Includes” or “including” means “including, but not limited to,” so as to avoid

excluding any information that might otherwise be construed to be within the scope of

any document request.

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11. “Person” or “Persons” means all natural persons, corporations, partnerships or other

business associations, and all other legal entities, including all members, officers,

predecessors, assigns, divisions, affiliates, and subsidiaries.

12. “Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable

natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or

indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification

number, location data, an online identifier (including an IP address, device identifier, or

advertising identifier) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological,

genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

13. “Privacy Shield” means the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework administered by the

U.S. Department of Commerce.

14. “Relating to” means discussing, describing, reflecting, referring, containing, analyzing,

studying, reporting, commenting, evidencing, constituting, setting forth, considering,

recommending, concerning, or pertaining to, in whole or in part.

15. “Safe Harbor” shall mean the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework formerly administered

by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

16. “You” and “your” means RagingWire.

17. The use of the singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.

18. The use of a verb in any tense shall be construed as the use of the verb in all other tenses.

19. The spelling of a name shall be construed to include all similar variants thereof.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Unless otherwise specified, the time period covered by an Interrogatory shall be

from June 2016 to the present. 

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2. Each Interrogatory should be set forth in full preceding the answer to it and

should be answered separately and fully in writing, under oath. 

3. All answers shall be served within 30 days after service of these Interrogatories.

4. These Interrogatories seek information that is in your knowledge or possession, or

under your actual or constructive custody or control, whether or not such information is located 

in the files of, or possessed by your individual officers, directors or employees, and whether or 

not such information is received from or disseminated to any other person or entity including 

attorneys, accountants, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, or volunteers. 

5. To the extent that an Interrogatory may be answered by referencing a document, it

is permissible to attach the document as an exhibit to the answer and refer to the document in the 

answer. If any such document contains more than one page, you must refer to the page and 

section where the relevant reference(s) can be found. 16 C.F.R. § 3.35(c). 

6. Where an Interrogatory requests an answer or portion of an answer that already

has been supplied in response to another Interrogatory, the answer or portion of the answer need 

not be supplied a second time. It is sufficient to specify the responses that contain the answer, 

and supply any additional information necessary to answer the Interrogatory. 

7. All objections to any Interrogatory must be raised in your initial response and are

otherwise waived.

8. If you object to any Interrogatory or a part of any Interrogatory, state the

Interrogatory or part to which you object, state the exact nature of the objection, and describe in 

detail the facts upon which you base your objection. If any Interrogatory cannot be answered in 

full, it shall be answered to the fullest extent possible and the reasons for the inability to answer 

fully shall be provided. If you object to any Interrogatory on the grounds of relevance or 

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overbreadth, you shall provide all responsive information that is concededly relevant to the 

parties’ claims or defenses or the requested relief. For each Interrogatory that cannot be 

answered in full, you shall describe the efforts made to locate information needed for such 

answer.

9. If any documents are not identified in response to an Interrogatory on grounds of

privilege, submit together with such claim a schedule of the items withheld which states 

individually for each item withheld: (a) the type, title, specific subject matter, and date of the 

item; (b) the names, addresses, positions, and organizations of all authors and recipients of the 

item; and (c) the specific grounds for claiming that item as privileged. If only part of a 

responsive document is privileged, all non-privileged portions of the item must be identified.

10. These Interrogatories are continuing in character so as to require you to produce

additional information promptly upon obtaining or discovering different, new or further 

information before the close of discovery. Further instructions pertinent to a particular 

Interrogatory appear in parentheses within or following that Interrogatory.

11. You are hereby advised that Complaint Counsel will move, if any party files any

dispositive motion, or at the commencement of trial, to preclude you from presenting evidence 

regarding responsive matters you have failed to set forth in your answers to these Interrogatories.

INTERROGATORIES

1. Identify all customers since June 2016, and for each customer, Describe in Detail:

(a) the time period, by date, during which each customer has retained Your services;

(b) whether the customer is known to have any locations in Europe;

(c) the specific product(s) or service(s), including any support services, provided by

You to the customer, and 

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(d) all reason(s), if known, why any customer relationship may have terminated

during the relevant time period. 

2. Describe in Detail each product or service that You offer, including but not

limited to any related support services (e.g., products or services relating to the storage, physical 

or virtual hosting, acquisition, design, assembly, installation, de-installation, organization, 

structuring, construction, interconnectivity, monitoring, remote access, maintenance, or alteration 

of data or of devices, networks, or systems for processing data). 

3. Identify each employee or former employee who had any responsibility(ies),

including any oversight responsibilities, relating to Your compliance with Privacy Shield, and 

Describe in Detail such responsibilities.

4. Identify each employee or former employee who had any responsibilities,

including any oversight responsibilities, relating to the sales, marketing or negotiation of Your 

services to customers or potential customers.

5. Identify each employee or former employee, regardless of date, who had any role

relating to Your decision to participate or continue to participate in Safe Harbor or Privacy 

Shield, and Describe in Detail their role. 

6. If You contend that any representations by You relating to Privacy Shield or Safe

Harbor that are set forth in Your online privacy policy, website, or sales presentations were not 

material to Your customers or potential customers, state the basis for Your contention. 

Dated December 10, 2019: Respectfully submitted,

/s/_________________ 

Linda Holleran Kopp (202) 326-226 

Robin Wetherill (202) 326-2220

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Division of Privacy and Identity Protection 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Mailstop CC-8232 

Washington, DC 20580 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 10, 2019, I caused a true and correct copy of the 

foregoing document to be served as follows: 

One electronic copy to Counsel for the Respondent: 

Corey W. Roush 

C. Fairley Spillman

Diana E. Schaffner

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2001 K. Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 887-4000

croush@akingump.com

fspillman@akingump.com

dschaffner@akingump.com

I further certify that I possess a paper copy of the signed original of the foregoing 

document that is available for review by the parties and the adjudicator. 

/s/

Linda Holleran Kopp 

Division of Privacy and Identity Protection 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, M-8102B 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-2267 

Facsimile: 202-326-3062 

Email: lkopp@ftc.gov 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

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In the Matter of )

) 

RagingWire Data Centers, Inc., ) DOCKET NO. 9386

a corporation; )

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COMPLAINT COUNSEL’S FIRST SET OF REQUESTS TO

RAGINGWIRE DATA CENTERS, INC. FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

Pursuant to Rule 3.37(a) of the Federal Trade Commission’s Rules of Practice for 

Adjudicative Proceedings and the Court’s Scheduling Order dated December 5, 2019, Complaint 

Counsel requests that Respondent RagingWire Data Centers, Inc. (“RagingWire” or 

“Respondent”) produce the documentary materials identified below for inspection and copying 

within 30 days at the Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, CC-8232. 

DEFINITIONS

Notwithstanding any definition below, each word, term, or phrase used in these Requests 

is intended to have the broadest meaning permitted under the Federal Trade Commission’s Rules 

of Practice.

1. “Advertisement” means any written or verbal statement, illustration, or depiction that is

designed to effect a sale or create interest in the purchasing of goods or services, whether it 

appears on the Internet, in email, on packaging, in a brochure, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, 

leaflet, webinar, podcast, YouTube video, presentation slide, white paper, blog post, circular, 

mailer, book insert, free standing insert, letter, catalog, poster, chart, billboard, point of purchase 

material (including, but not limited to, a display or an item worn by salespeople), fact sheet, film, 

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radio, broadcast or cable television, audio program transmitted over a telephone system, 

program-length commercial, or in any other medium.

2. “Agreement” means any oral or written contract, arrangement, or understanding,

whether formal or informal, between two or more persons, together with all modification or 

amendments thereto.

3. “And” and “or” shall be construed either disjunctively or conjunctively as necessary to

bring within the scope of the request any information that might otherwise be construed to be 

outside its scope. 

4. “Any” and “all” shall be construed to mean “any and all.”

5. “Communication(s)” includes, but is not limited to, any and all conversations, meetings,

discussions and any other occasion for verbal exchange, whether in person, by telephone, or 

electronically, as well as all letters, memoranda, telegrams, cables, and other writings or

documents. 

6. “Complaint” means the Complaint issued by the Federal Trade Commission in the

above-captioned matter on November 5, 2019. 

7. “Document” or “Documents” are synonymous in meaning and equal in scope to the

usage of the terms as defined by 16 C.F.R. 3.34(b), and includes, without limitation, the 

complete original and any non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of 

notations on the copy or otherwise), regardless of origin or location, of any written, typed, 

printed, transcribed, filmed, punched, or graphic matter of every type and description, however 

and by whomever prepared, produced, disseminated or made, including, but not limited to, any 

advertisement, book, pamphlet, periodical, contract, correspondence, file, invoice, memorandum, 

note, telegram, report, record, handwritten note, working paper, routing slip, chart, graph, paper, 

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index, map, tabulation, manual, guide, outline, script, abstract, history, calendar, diary, journal, 

agenda, minute, code book, or label. “Document” shall also include electronically stored 

information (“ESI”). ESI means the complete original and any nonidentical copy (whether 

different from the original because of notations, different metadata, or otherwise), regardless of 

origin or location, of any electronically created or stored information, including, but not limited 

to, electronic mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, and other electronic correspondence 

(whether active, archived, or in a deleted items folder), word processing files, spreadsheets, 

databases, and sound recordings, whether stored on cards, magnetic or electronic tapes, disks, 

computer files, computer or other drives, cell phones, Blackberry, PDA, or other storage media, 

and such technical assistance or instructions as will enable conversion of such ESI into a 

reasonably usable form. 

8. "Documents Sufficient to Show" means documents that are necessary and sufficient to

provide the specified information. Where "Documents Sufficient to Show" is specified, if 

summaries, compilations, lists, or synopses are available that provide the information, these 

should be provided in lieu of the underlying documents. 

9. “Each” and “any” include “all,” so as to have the broadest meaning whenever necessary

to bring within the scope of any document request all information and/or documents that might 

otherwise be construed to be outside its scope. 

10. “EU” means the European Union.

11. “GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of 

personal information and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC 

(General Data Protection Regulation). 

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12. “Includes” or “including” means “including, but not limited to,” so as to avoid

excluding any information that might otherwise be construed to be within the scope of any 

document request. 

13. “Or” as well as “and” shall be construed both conjunctively and disjunctively, as

necessary, in order to bring within the scope of any document request all documents that 

otherwise might be construed to be outside the scope. 

14. “Person” or “Persons” means all natural persons, corporations, partnerships or other

business associations, and all other legal entities, including all members, officers, predecessors, 

assigns, divisions, affiliates, and subsidiaries.

15. “Privacy Shield” means the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework administered by the

U.S. Department of Commerce.

16. “Relating to” means discussing, describing, reflecting, referring, containing, analyzing,

studying, reporting, commenting, evidencing, constituting, setting forth, considering, 

recommending, concerning, or pertaining to, in whole or in part. 

17. “Safe Harbor” means the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework formerly administered by

the U.S. Department of Commerce. 

18. “Sales Tour Deck” means the sales presentation produced by Respondent at RDC0000059-109. 

19. “You” or “Your” means RagingWire.

20. The use of the singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.

21. The use of a verb in any tense shall be construed as the use of the verb in all other tenses.

22. The spelling of a name shall be construed to include all similar variants thereof.

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Unless otherwise specified, the time period covered by a Document Request shall be

from June 2016 to the present. 

2. If any documents responsive to a Specification have been previously supplied

to the Commission during the course of its investigation, In re RagingWire Data Centers, Inc., 

Matter No. 1823189, you shall identify the document(s) previously provided and the date of 

submission instead of re-submitting the document(s). Identification shall be by Bates number 

if the documents were so numbered when submitted, or by author, date, and subject matter if not

so numbered. Documents that may be responsive to more than one Request need

not be submitted more than once; however, your response shall indicate, for each document

submitted, each Specification to which the document is responsive. 

3. A complete copy of each document should be submitted even if only a portion of the

document is within the terms of the Document Request. The document shall not be edited, cut, or 

expunged and shall include all covering letters and memoranda, transmittal slips, appendices, 

tables, or other attachments. 

4. All information submitted shall be clearly and precisely identified as to the Document

Request(s) to which it is responsive. Each page submitted should be marked with a unique 

“Bates” document tracking number. 

5. Documents covered by these requests are those that are in your possession or under your

actual or constructive custody or control, whether or not such documents were received from or 

disseminated to any other person or entity including attorneys, accountants, directors, officers, 

employees, independent contractors, and volunteers. 

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6. If any of the responsive documents are in the form of ESI, please produce these

documents in their existing, native formats. 

7. Advertisements submitted in response to these Document Requests shall be submitted in

the following form(s): For print documents, provide the original promotional 

material if available, or, if not available, color copies thereof. For audio-only (or radio) materials, 

provide a CD containing an audio file in a standard format, as well as a script and, if available, 

any audio out-takes. For video recordings, such as television advertisements, provide a DVD or

CD containing a video file in a standard format, as well as a photoboard, script, and, if available, 

any video out-takes for each video recording. For Internet or other online materials, provide a 

CD (if in machine-readable form) or a clear color printout of all screens displayed in the 

promotional material and identify the site, forum, or address. For email solicitations, please 

submit a hard copy of each materially different solicitation. For foreign language advertisements, 

please provide the advertisements in the language in which they were disseminated as well as 

English translations.

8. If any requested material is withheld based on a claim of privilege, submit, together with

such claim, a schedule of items withheld that states individually for each item withheld: (a) the

type, title, specific subject matter, and date of the item; (b) the names, addresses, positions, and 

organizations of all authors and recipients of the item; and (c) the specific grounds for claiming 

that item as privileged. If only part of a responsive document is privileged, all non-privileged 

portions of the document must be submitted. 

9. The Document Requests are continuing in character so as to require you to produce

additional information promptly upon obtaining or discovering different, new, or further 

information before the close of discovery. 

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10. You are hereby advised that Complaint Counsel will move, if any party files any

dispositive motion, or at the commencement of trial, to preclude you from presenting evidence 

regarding responsive matters you have failed to set forth in your answers to these Document 

Requests.

DOCUMENTS REQUESTED

Demand is hereby made of RagingWire for the following documentary and tangible 

things: 

1. Each materially different representation made by RagingWire, including but not limited

to verbal and written statements, Advertisements, sales presentations, logos, and images, 

communicated in person, by phone, via RagingWire’s website, by email, or by any other means, 

that relates to Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield, or GDPR. 

2. Each materially different Advertisement relating to RagingWire’s efforts to market its

services to customers or potential customers with international presence or operations, including 

any Advertisements that include terms such as “global,” “worldwide,” “Europe,” “General Data 

Protection Regulation,” “GDPR,” “Privacy Shield,” “Safe Harbor,” “international,” 

“transnational,” “foreign,” “world,” “multinational,” or “cross-border,” that feature images of 

maps or globes, or that relate to RagingWire’s ability to meet the needs of customers engaged in 

international or transnational business and/or data transfers. 

3. All Documents relating to the creation, use, updating, customization, or dissemination of

the Sales Tour Deck or any version of, or document derived from, the Sales Tour Deck.

4. All Communications between RagingWire and any customer or potential customer

relating to Privacy Shield, Safe Harbor, or GDPR. 

5. All Agreements between RagingWire and its customers.

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6. All Documents, regardless of date, relating to RagingWire’s decision to participate, or to

continue to participate, in Safe Harbor or Privacy Shield. 

7. Documents Sufficient to Show all monies paid by RagingWire relating to its Privacy

Shield or Safe Harbor participation or compliance, including but not limited to legal fees, 

consulting fees, advertising costs, self-certification fees, fees relating to providing an 

independent recourse mechanism, or payments into the ICDR-AAA EU-U.S. Privacy Shield 

Arbitral Fund. 

8. All Documents relating to any provider of colocation services other than RagingWire

participating in Privacy Shield or Safe Harbor. 

9. Documents Sufficient to Show the prices for each product or service provided by

RagingWire.

10. All Documents relating to how RagingWire decides to price its services.

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Respectfully submitted,

Date: December 10, 2019 ___/s/_________________________ 

Linda Holleran Kopp (202) 326-2267 

Robin L. Wetherill (202) 326-2220 

Division of Privacy and Identity Protection 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Federal Trade Commission 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Mailstop CC-8232 

Washington, D.C. 20506 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 10, 2019, I caused a true and correct copy of the 

foregoing document to be served as follows: 

One electronic copy to Counsel for the Respondent: 

Corey W. Roush 

C. Fairley Spillman

Diana E. Schaffner

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2001 K. Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 887-4000

croush@akingump.com

fspillman@akingump.com

dschaffner@akingump.com

I further certify that I possess a paper copy of the signed original of the foregoing 

document that is available for review by the parties and the adjudicator. 

/s/

Linda Holleran Kopp 

Division of Privacy and Identity Protection 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, M-8102B 

Washington, DC 20580 

Telephone: (202) 326-2267 

Facsimile: 202-326-3062 

Email: lkopp@ftc.gov 

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DIANA E. SCHAFFNER

+1 415.765.9507/fax: +1 415.765.9501

dschaffner@akingump.com

580 California Street | Suite 1500 | San Francisco, California 94104-1036 | 415.765.9500 | fax: 415.765.9501 | akingump.com

CONFIDENTIAL

January 23, 2020 

VIA E-MAIL

Linda Holleran Kopp

Division of Privacy & Identity Protection

Bureau of Consumer Protection

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20580

Mail Drop: CC-8232

Re: RagingWire’s First Production in Response to Complaint Counsel’s First Set of 

Discovery Requests – Docket No. 9396 

Dear Linda:

In response to Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Requests for Production of Documents 

and First Set of Interrogatories (collectively, the “First Set of Discovery Requests”), RagingWire 

Data Centers, Inc. (“RagingWire”) has produced documents via the FTC-hosted secure file 

transfer protocol. The password required to access this production will be sent via a separate 

email. This is the first of an ongoing series of productions RagingWire will make in response to 

Complaint Counsel’s First Set of Discovery Requests. 

This is production volume RDC_FTC_VOL001 (2020-01-23). This production includes 

100 documents and 960 pages. The bates range for all documents in this production volume is 

RDC_FTC_0000001 - RDC_FTC_0000960. 

The following bullet points provide a breakdown of the production by specific request: 

• Documents produced at bates range RDC_FTC_0000071 - RDC_FTC_0000926

are responsive to Request for Production No. 5.

• Documents produced at bates range RDC_FTC_0000927 - RDC_FTC_0000957

are responsive to Request for Production No. 7.

• Documents produced at bates range RDC_FTC_0000001 - RDC_FTC_0000070

are responsive to Request for Production No. 10.

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• Documents produced at bates range RDC_FTC_0000958 - RDC_FTC_0000960

are produced in connection with RagingWire’s response to Interrogatory No. 2.

The documents in this production contain confidential and proprietary business 

information and are protected by the Protective Order dated November 7, 2019, as well as by 

Section 21(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 46(f), 15 U.S.C. § 57b-2(f), and 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice, 4.10 and 4.11, 16 C.F.R. §§ 4.10, 4.11. We have marked 

the entire production as “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to the Protective Order. 

Please contact me if you have any questions. 

Sincerely,

/s/ Diana E. Schaffner

Diana E. Schaffner 

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Kopp, Linda Holleran 

From: 

Sent: 

To: 

Cc: 

Kopp, Linda Holleran 

Monday, December 30, 2019 1:29 PM 

'Schaffner, Diana'; Roush, Corey 

Wetherill, Robin; Spillman, C. Fairley 

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Subject: RE: Docket 9386: Respondent's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Discovery 

Request 

Thank you, I appreciate the clarification. Unfortunately, given the short discovery period, we can't agree to a doubling 

of the response time before we get any documents. If you reach a point where you can talk about a faster production 

schedule, give me a call and we can talk further. 

Have a happy new year! 

From: Schaffner, Diana <dschaffner@akingump.com> 

Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 11:29 AM 

To: Kopp, Linda Holleran <lkopp@ftc.gov>; Roush, Corey <croush@akingump.com> 

Cc: Wetherill, Robin <rwetherill@ftc.gov>; Spillman, C. Fairley <fspillman@AKINGUMP.COM> 

Subject: RE: Docket 9386: Respondent's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Discovery Request 

Linda, 

Our initial request was for a one-month extension to provide our responses and produce documents. On our call, we 

asked for a week to provide objections and then provide additional details as to the specific timing of the production of 

documents. We were attempting to provide a realistic estimate, not extend beyond that initial one-month period . If 

you can agree to a one-month extension for all responses and productions (aside from the two-week extension we 

already agreed on), we would appreciate it and will update our motion. 

Best, 

Diana 

From: Kopp, Linda Holleran <lkopp@ftc.gov> 

Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 6:48 AM 

To: Roush, Corey <croush@akingump.com>; Schaffner, Diana <dschaffner@akingump.com> 

Cc: Wetherill, Robin <rwetherill@ftc.gov> 

Subject: RE: Docket 9386: Respondent's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Discovery Request 

**EXTERNAL Email** 

Corey and Diana. 

Good morning. I have a question about your motion for an extension. When we spoke on Friday, I had understood you 

to say that you needed a week extension to file objections, and that you couldn't say when you might actually start or 

finish producing documents (or, to use the words in your motion, after the week extension to file objections, you would 

then determine how long it would take for Respondent to fully produce the requested material). That's why I had said if 

you aren't ready to start talking about a production schedule, then there's nothing for us to come to an agreement on. 

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So, I was surprised when I saw your motion ask the court to have until Feb 9th to "respond" to our document 

requests. Does that mean that you would complete your production of documents by 2/9, or are you using 'respond' to 

just mean file objections and/or start producing documents? 

Thanks, 

Linda 

From: Khader, Mitchell <mkhader@akingump.com> 

Sent: Friday, December 27, 2019 3:06 PM 

To: Kopp, Linda Holleran <lkopp@ftc.gov>; Wetherill, Robin <rwetheril l@ftc.gov> 

Cc: Roush, Corey <croush@akingump.com>; Iglesias, Alexander <aiglesias@ftc.gov> 

Subject: Docket 9386: Respondent's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Discovery Request 

Counsel, 

Please find attached Respondent's motion for an extension of time to respond to the discovery request. 

Best, 

Mitchell Khader 

Mitchell Khader I Law aer1< 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

2001 K Street N.W. I Washington, DC 20006 I USA I Direct: +l 202.887-4585 j Internal: ~ 

Fax: +1202.887.4288 I mkhader@akingump.com i akingump.com I f!i,Q 

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DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER GHAZARIAN 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1746 

I, Christopher Ghazarian, have personal knowledge of the following facts and matters 

discussed in this declaration. If called as a witness, I would testify as follows: 

1. I am over age 18 years old and reside in California. 

2. I am the General Counsel of Dream Host, LLC ("Dream Host"). Dream Host provides 

a variety ofwebhosting services that allow customers to create websites and host them on 

DreamHost's servers. 

3. DreamHost has housed some of those servers in facilities owned and operated by 

Raging Wire Data Centers, Inc. ("Raging Wire"). DreamHost most recently renewed its contract with 

Raging Wire in 2017. The term of the contract is five years. 

4. Starting in 2017, DreamHost started working towards meeting the requirements for 

GDPR compliance. DreamHost complies with GDPR, and ensures that all of its partners that deal 

with personally identifiable information from residents in the European Economic Area are also 

compliant. Dream Host vets all of its partners from security, legal and privacy standpoints, which 

includes checking the partner's privacy policy. 

5. For partners implicated by GDPR, one of the many things we check for is to see if the 

partner is Privacy Shield certified. If a company is not Privacy Shield certified, we pursue other 

methods to ensure GDPR compliance, such as model contract clauses. The accuracy of a company's 

representations about being a Privacy Shield participant is a big deal to Dream Host. 

6. Working with Privacy Shield-certified partners is attractive because the partner's 

certification gives us more peace of mind when considering whether or not to partner with that 

company. Raging Wire's Privacy Shield certification was therefore a plus for deciding to work with 

Raging Wire. 
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7. There was a discussion about DreamI-lost's GDPR or Privacy Shield compliance in 

one of DreamHost's community forum discussion groups on or around May 2018. A true an correct 

copy of a screenshot of this discussion is attached to this declaration as Exhibit A. 

I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Date: December! O, 2019 

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EXHIBIT H 

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Office of the Secretazy 

Via Federal Express 

Doug Adams 

Chief Executive Officer 

Raging Wire Data Centers, Inc. 

P.O. Box 348060 

Sacramento, CA 95834-8060 

FTC Matter No. 1823189 

To Mr. Adams: 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20580 

CCT O 1 2018 

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued the attached Civil Investigative Demand 

("CID") asking for information as part ofa non-public investigation. Our purpose is to 

determine whether Raging Wire Data Centers, Inc. falsely represented that it was a certified 

participant in the KU.-U.S. and/or Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks or that it adhered 

to the Privacy Shield principies established by the Framework( s ), in violation of Section 5 of 

the FTC Act, 15 USC 45, and whether Commission action to obtain monetary relief would be 

in the public interest. Please read the attached documents carefully. Here are a few important 

points we would like to highlight: 

1. Contact FTC counsel, Mark Eichorn (meichorn@ftc.gov; (202) 326-3053), or 

staff member Robin Wetherill (rwetherill@ftc.gov; (202) 326-2220), as soon as 

possible to schedule an initial meeting to be held within 14 days. You can meet in 

person or by phone to discuss any questions you have, including whether there are 

changes to how you comply with the CID that would reduce your cost or burden while 

still giving the FTC the infonnation it needs. Please read the attached documents for 

more information about that meeting. 

2. You must immediately stop any routine procedures for electronic or paper 

document destruction, and you must preserve all paper or electronic documents 

that are in any way relevant to this investigation, even if you believe the documents are 

protected from discovery by privilege or some other reason. 

3. The FTC will use information you provide in response to the CID for the purpose 

ofinvestigating violations of the laws the FTC enforces. We will not disclose the 

information under the Freedom oflnformation Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. We may disclose 

the information in response to a valid request from Congress, or other civil or criminal 

federal, state, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies for their official law 

enforcement purposes. The FTC or other agencies may use and disclose your response 

in any federal, state, or foreign civil or criminal proceeding, or if 
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required to do so by law. However, we will not publically disclose your information 

without giving you prior notice. 

4. Please read the attached documents closely. They contain important information 

about bow you should provjde your response. 

Please contact FTC counsel as soon as possible to set up an initial meeting. We 

appreciate your cooperation. 

(iai~ 

Secretary of the Commission 

Very truly Y;)' 

DJ,tdl/1( S 

Donald S. Clark