Judge Grants FTC Motion to Unseal 8 Documents in Privacy Case vs. Kochava

Good cause exists for the court to grant the FTC’s Feb. 9 motion to unseal eight documents in the agency’s case against Kochava, said a docket entry order Tuesday (docket 2:22-cv-00377) from U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill for Idaho in Coeur d’Alene. “Neither party has objected to the unsealing of these documents,” said the FTC’s motion. Among the newly unsealed documents are Kochava’s July 5 motion to dismiss the FTC’s first amended complaint, and the FTC’s Aug. 9 response in opposition. The judge denied Kochava’s motion to dismiss in a Feb. 3 order (see 2402060041). The FTC sued Kochava in August 2022 for allegedly selling vast amounts of personal information about millions of people. The agency alleges that the data can reveal a person’s sensitive information, including religious affiliations, sexual orientation and medical conditions, and by selling that data, Kochava arguably invades consumers’ privacy and exposes them to significant risks of secondary harms.