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Declaration of ETHAN D. DETTMER in Support of 78 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated… — Plaid Privacy (Dkt. 79)

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The Declaration of Ethan D. Dettmer in Support of Defendant Plaid Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated Amended Complaint, Doc. 79, in In re Plaid Inc. Privacy Litigation, Master Docket No. 4:20-cv-03056-DMR, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland Division. Dettmer states that he is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel for Plaid Inc., and attaches Exhibit A, Plaid's End User Privacy Policy effective December 30, 2019, and Exhibits B, C and D, policies or terms of Venmo, Cash App and Coinbase. Exhibit E is a series of screenshots taken from the Venmo application on August 31, 2020. The declaration also includes a chart, prepared under his supervision, that sets out which of the named plaintiffs' claims are time-barred based on the plaintiffs' allegations.

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Court	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Filed	2020-05-04

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“Declaration of ETHAN D. DETTMER in Support of 78 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Consolidated… — Plaid Privacy (Dkt. 79).” U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, filed 2020-05-04. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-plaid-privacy-cand-359040/2020-05-04-gov-uscourts-cand-359040-79-0-doc-79/, SHA-256 6244455d04754bfa9304c046efe27077cd883d53032304d8714700fec41dafe9.

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DECLARATION OF ETHAN D. DETTMER IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT PLAID INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS 
CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT - MASTER DOCKET NO. 4:20-CV-03056-DMR 
Gibson, Dunn & 
Crutcher LLP 
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP  
ETHAN D. DETTMER, SBN 196046  
edettmer@gibsondunn.com 
ABIGAIL A. BARRERA, SBN 301746 
abarrera@gibsondunn.com 
ASHLEY J. HODGE, SBN 287653 
ahodge@gibsondunn.com 
ANTHONY D. BEDEL, SBN 324065 
tbedel@gibsondunn.com 
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 
San Francisco, CA 94105 
Telephone:  415.393.8200 
Facsimile:  415.393.8306 
 
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 
ALEXANDER H. SOUTHWELL (pro hac vice) 
 asouthwell@gibsondunn.com 
200 Park Avenue, 48th Floor 
New York, NY 10166 
Telephone:  212.351.4000 
Facsimile:  212.351.4035 
Attorneys for Defendant PLAID INC. 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
OAKLAND DIVISION 
IN RE PLAID INC. PRIVACY LITIGATION 
 
______________________________________ 
THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:  
ALL ACTIONS 
 
 
Master Docket No. 4:20-cv-03056-DMR 
DECLARATION OF ETHAN D. DETTMER 
IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT PLAID 
INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ 
CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT 
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED 
 
Action Filed:  May 4, 2020 
   
Judge:  Hon. Donna M. Ryu 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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DECLARATION OF ETHAN D. DETTMER IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT PLAID INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS 
CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT - MASTER DOCKET NO. 4:20-CV-03056-DMR 
Gibson, Dunn & 
Crutcher LLP 
I, Ethan D. Dettmer, declare and state as follows: 
1. 
I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law before all courts of the State of 
California, and I am a member of the Bar of this Court.  I am a partner with the law firm of Gibson, 
Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel for Defendant Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”) in this case.  I make this 
declaration in support of Plaid’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Amended Complaint.  I 
have personal knowledge of the matters stated herein and, if called to do so, I could and would 
competently testify about them. 
2. 
Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of Plaid’s End User Privacy 
Policy, effective December 30, 2019, available at https://plaid.com/legal/#end-user-privacy-policy.   
3. 
Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Venmo’s Privacy Policy, 
effective June 30, 2020, available at https://venmo.com/legal/us-privacy-policy/ios. 
4. 
Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of Cash App’s Additional 
Cash Terms of Service – Annotated, effective April 16, 2019, available at 
https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/annotated-tos. 
5. 
Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of Coinbase’s Global Privacy 
Policy, effective July 31, 2020, available at https://www.coinbase.com/legal/privacy.   
6. 
Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of a series of screenshots 
captured from the Venmo application under my supervision on August 31, 2020 that show the 
consumer experience when connecting a bank account to Venmo using Plaid Link.  Venmo account 
and bank account balance information has been redacted.  
7. 
For the Court’s convenience, below is a chart prepared under my supervision that sets 
forth the Plaintiffs’ claims that are time-barred based on Plaintiffs’ allegations (those with an “X”) 
and those that are not time-barred based on Plaintiffs’ allegations (noted with a “✓”):  
Plaintiff 
App 
Sign-Up 
Date  
Privacy 
(Com. 
Law & 
CA 
Const.)  
(2 yrs.) 
CFAA 
(2 yrs.) 
SCA 
(2 
yrs.) 
Unjust 
Enrich. 
(3 yrs.) 
UCL 
(4 
yrs.) 
CAPA 
(3 yrs.) 
Deceit 
(3 
yrs.) 
CDAFA 
(3 yrs.) 
Anderson 
2019 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 100) 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 

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DECLARATION OF ETHAN D. DETTMER IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT PLAID INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS 
CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT - MASTER DOCKET NO. 4:20-CV-03056-DMR 
Gibson, Dunn & 
Crutcher LLP 
Plaintiff 
App 
Sign-Up 
Date  
Privacy 
(Com. 
Law & 
CA 
Const.)  
(2 yrs.) 
CFAA 
(2 yrs.) 
SCA 
(2 
yrs.) 
Unjust 
Enrich. 
(3 yrs.) 
UCL 
(4 
yrs.) 
CAPA 
(3 yrs.) 
Deceit 
(3 
yrs.) 
CDAFA 
(3 yrs.) 
Anderson 
2020 
Cash 
App 
(CAC 
¶ 100) 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
Cottle 
Jan. 
2019 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 111) 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
Curtis 
Apr. 
2015 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 121) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Evans 
2016  
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 130) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Mitchell 
Aug. 
2015 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 140) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Mitchell 
Sept. 
2015 
Cash 
App 
(CAC 
¶ 140) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Mullen 
Mar. 
2014  
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 150) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Sacks 
June 
2014 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 159) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Schoeneman 
July 
2016 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 168) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
✓ 
X 
X 
X 
Sotelo 
Feb. 
2020 
Venmo 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 
✓ 

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DECLARATION OF ETHAN D. DETTMER IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT PLAID INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS 
CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT - MASTER DOCKET NO. 4:20-CV-03056-DMR 
Gibson, Dunn & 
Crutcher LLP 
Plaintiff 
App 
Sign-Up 
Date  
Privacy 
(Com. 
Law & 
CA 
Const.)  
(2 yrs.) 
CFAA 
(2 yrs.) 
SCA 
(2 
yrs.) 
Unjust 
Enrich. 
(3 yrs.) 
UCL 
(4 
yrs.) 
CAPA 
(3 yrs.) 
Deceit 
(3 
yrs.) 
CDAFA 
(3 yrs.) 
(CAC 
¶ 178) 
Umali 
2015 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 188) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Umali 
2016  
Cash 
App 
(CAC 
¶ 188) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Umali 
2017 
Coinbase 
(CAC 
¶ 189) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
✓ 
X 
X 
X 
Yeomelakis 
Mar. 
2014 
Venmo 
(CAC 
¶ 199) 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
 
 
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States and California that the 
foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed at San Anselmo, California on this 
14th day of September, 2020. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        
 /s/ Ethan D. Dettmer  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Ethan D. Dettmer

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