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BRIAN M. BOYNTON, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

ARUN G. RAO, Deputy Assistant Attorney General

GUSTAV W. EYLER, Director

LISA K. HSIAO, Assistant Director

ZACHARY L. COWAN, Trial Attorney (NCBN 53432)

DEBORAH S. SOHN, Trial Attorney (NYBN 5118096, DCBN 1025098)

U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Division

Consumer Protection Branch

450 5th Street NW, Suite 6400-S

Washington, DC 20530

Telephone: (202) 451-7468

Zachary.L.Cowan@usdoj.gov

Deborah.S.Sohn@usdoj.gov

STEPHANIE M. HINDS, United States Attorney (CABN 154284)

MICHELLE LO, Chief, Civil Division (NYBN 4325163)

SHARANYA MOHAN, Assistant United States Attorney (NYBN 5027768)

EMMET P. ONG, Assistant United States Attorney (NYBN 4581369)

Northern District of California

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7198

sharanya.mohan@usdoj.gov

emmet.ong@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

TWITTER, INC., a corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. ____________

JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF

STIPULATED ORDER FOR CIVIL

PENALTY, MONETARY JUDGMENT,

AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

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Plaintiff the United States of America, acting upon notification and authorization to the Attorney

General by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”), filed its Complaint for Civil

Penalties, Permanent Injunction, Monetary Relief, and Other Equitable Relief, against Defendant Twitter,

Inc. for alleged violations of a 2011 FTC Administrative Order and Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C.

§ 45. See ECF No. 1. The parties have resolved all issues in this matter through the attached proposed

Stipulated Order for Civil Penalty, Monetary Judgment, and Injunctive Relief. Under the terms of the

Stipulated Order, Twitter agrees to pay $150 million in civil penalties, reopen the underlying

administrative proceedings in FTC Docket No. C-4316 pursuant to Section 3.72(b) of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. § 3.72(b), and modify the Decision and Order in In re Twitter, Inc., C-4316,

151 FTC LEXIS 162 (F.T.C. Mar. 2, 2011) with the Decision and Order set forth in Attachment A to the

Stipulated Order, and submit to substantial compliance reporting measures to ensure future compliance

with the law.

“Because of the unique aspects of settlements, a district court should enter a proposed consent

judgment if the court decides that it is fair, reasonable and equitable and does not violate the law or public

policy.” Sierra Club, Inc. v. Elec. Controls Design, Inc., 909 F.2d 1350, 1355 (9th Cir. 1990)

(citing Citizens for a Better Environment v. Gorsuch, 718 F.2d 1117, 1125–26 (D.C. Cir. 1983)); see SEC

v. Randolph, 736 F.2d 525, 529 (9th Cir. 1984). In approving a settlement, a court “need not inquire into

the precise legal rights of the parties nor reach and resolve the merits of the claims or

controversy.” Gorsuch, 718 F.2d at 1126 (quoting Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp. v. Vill. Of Arlington Heights,

616 F.2d 1006, 1014 (7th Cir. 1980)). Rather, “[a]s long as the consent decree comes within the general

scope of the case made by the pleadings, furthers the objectives upon which the law is based, and does not

violate the statute upon which the complaint was based, the parties’ agreement may be entered by the

court.” Sierra Club, 909 F.2d at 1355 (quoting Loc. No. 93, Int’l Ass’n of Firefighters, AFL-CIO C.L.C.

v. City of Cleveland, 478 U.S. 501, 525–26 (1986) (quoting Pacific R. Co. v. Ketchum, 101 U.S. 289, 297

(1880))) (alterations and internal quotation marks omitted).

The Stipulated Order is fair, reasonable, and equitable. It addresses the concerns giving rise to the

Complaint by modifying the administrative order to require Twitter to undertake multiple measures that

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will improve its protection of consumer data. These measures include prohibiting misrepresentations

about the extent to which the company protects the privacy of its users’ nonpublic contact information,

including any misrepresentations about its use of such information, and requiring Twitter to implement a

comprehensive privacy and information security program with extensive procedures to safeguard user

information and assess internal and external data privacy risks. To afford consumers these protections as

soon as possible, the parties respectfully jointly request that the Court promptly effectuate this resolution

and enter the proposed Stipulated Order.

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Dated: [Date] Respectfully submitted,

FOR PLAINTIFF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

Of Counsel: BRIAN M. BOYNTON

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

JAMES A. KOHM Civil Division

Associate Director

Division of Enforcement ARUN G. RAO

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

LAURA KOSS

Assistant Director GUSTAV W. EYLER

Division of Enforcement Director

Consumer Protection Branch

REENAH L. KIM

Attorney LISA K. HSIAO

Division of Enforcement Assistant Director

ANDREA V. ARIAS ________[e-signature]_____________

Attorney ZACHARY L. COWAN

Division of Privacy and Identity Protection DEBORAH S. SOHN

Trial Attorneys

Federal Trade Commission Consumer Protection Branch

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., U.S. Department of Justice

Mail Stop CC-9528 450 5th Street, N.W. Suite 6400-S

Washington, D.C. 20580 Washington, D.C. 20530

Tel: (202) 326-2272 (Kim) Tel: (202) 598-7566

Tel: (202) 326-2715 (Arias) Fax: (202) 514-8742

rkim1@ftcgov Zachary.L.Cowan@usdoj.gov

aarias@ftc.gov Deborah.S.Sohn@usdoj.gov

STEPHANIE M. HINDS

United States Attorney

MICHELLE LO

Chief

Civil Division

SHARANYA MOHAN

EMMET P. ONG

Assistant United States Attorneys

Northern District of California

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, California 94102

Tel: (415) 436-7198

sharanya.mohan@usdoj.gov

emmet.ong@usdoj.gov

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FOR DEFENDANT TWITTER, INC.:

________[e-signature]_____________

LYDIA B. PARNES

Wilson Sonsoni Goodrich & Rosati

1700 K Street N.W., Fifth Floor

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 973-8800

lparnes@wsgr.com

Counsel for Twitter, Inc.

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___________________________

FILER ATTESTATION

I, Zachary L. Cowan, attest under Local Rule 5-1(h)(3) that all other signatories listed and on

whose behalf the filing is submitted concurred in the filing of this document.

ZACHARY L. COWAN

Trial Attorney

Consumer Protection Branch

U.S. Department of Justice

450 5th Street, N.W. Suite 6400-S

Washington, D.C. 20530

Tel: (202) 598-7566

Fax: (202) 514-8742

Zachary.L.Cowan@usdoj.gov

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