Party Statement: CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL.

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                                1    [Submitting Counsel on Signature Page]

2    FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
     TARIFA B. LADDON (SBN 240419)
3    tarifa.laddon@faegredrinker.com
     DAVID P. KOLLER (SBN 328633)
4    david.koller@faegredrinker.com
     1800 Century Park East, Suite 1500
5    Los Angeles, CA 90067
     Telephone: (310) 203-4000
6    Facsimile: (310) 229-1285

7    KING & SPALDING LLP
     MATTHEW J. BLASCHKE (SBN 281938)
8    mblaschke@kslaw.com
     ALBERT Q. GIANG (SBN 224332)
9    agiang@kslaw.com
     50 California Street, Suite 3300
10   San Francisco, CA 94111
     Telephone: (415) 318-1200
11   Facsimile: (415) 318-1300

12   Attorneys for Defendants
     TIKTOK INC. and BYTEDANCE INC.
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     [Additional Counsel on following page]
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15                        SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

16                              FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

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     IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT              Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding
18   ADDICTION.                                  JCCP No.: 5225 – Social Media Cases

19   ___________________________________         LASC Case No.: 22STCV21355
     CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH, et al.
20                                              DECLARATION OF WARREN
            Plaintiffs,                         SOLOW REGARDING TIKTOK’S
21                                              “DOWNLOAD YOUR DATA”
            v.                                  FEATURE
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     TIKTOK INC., BYTEDANCE, INC., and
23   Does 1–100, Inclusive,
24          Defendants.
25                                              Complaint Filed: June 30, 2022
                                                Cases Coordinated: December 22, 2022
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                                                         DECLARATION OF WARREN SOLOW
                                                                Case No. 4:22-MD-03047-YGR
1    FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
     ANDREA R. PIERSON (Admitted PHV)
2    andrea.pierson@faegredrinker.com
     300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2500
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     Indianapolis, IN 46204
4    Telephone: (317) 237-1424
     Facsimile: (317) 237-1000
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     FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
6    AMY R. FITERMAN (Admitted PHV)
     amy.fiterman@faegredrinker.com
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     90 S. Seventh Street
8    2200 Wells Fargo Center
     Minneapolis, MN 55402
9    Telephone: (612) 766-7000
     Facsimilar: (612) 766-1600
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     KING & SPALDING LLP
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     GEOFFREY M. DRAKE (Admitted PHV)
12   gdrake@kslaw.com
     1180 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1600
13   Atlanta, GA 30309-3521
     Telephone: (404) 572-4600
14   Facsimile: (404) 572-5100
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                                                 DECLARATION OF WARREN SOLOW
                                                       Case No. 4:22-MD-03047-YGR
1           I, Warren Solow, hereby declare as follows:
2           1.      I am over 18 years of age and am legally competent to make this Declaration. I have
3    either personal knowledge of the matters set forth in this declaration or I have learned them through
4    reasonable investigation, and if called upon as a witness, I could testify competently to them.
5           2.      I am the Information Governance and Ediscovery Lead at TikTok.
6           3.      Unless otherwise indicated, the statements made in this declaration with regard to
7    Defendants TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Inc. are based on my personal knowledge, corporate
8    records maintained by TikTok Inc. or ByteDance Inc., in the ordinary course of their business,
9    and/or as a result of consulting with their employees.
10          4.      Directions for accessing the “Download Your Data” (DYD) feature are available at
11   the website: Requesting your data | TikTok Help Center (https://support.tiktok.com/en/account-
12   and-privacy/personalized-ads-and-data/requesting-your-data) and state as follows:
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                    You can request a copy of your TikTok data, which may include, but is not limited
14                  to, your username, video history, comment history, and privacy settings.
15                  To request your TikTok data:
                    1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
16                  2. Tap the Menu button at the top.
                    3. Tap Settings and privacy.
17                  4. Tap Manage account, then tap Download your data.
                    5. Follow the instructions provided.
18                  After you submit your request, we'll create a file of your data that you can
                    download from the Download your data tab. Please note that it may take up to 3
19                  days to prepare the file.
20                  To access your downloaded data:
                    1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
21                  2. Tap the Menu button at the top.
                    3. Tap Settings and privacy.
22                  4. Tap Manage account, then tap Download your data.
                    5. Tap Download data at the top.
23                  From here, you can see the status of your download. Once your file is ready, it will
                    be available to download for up to 4 days.
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25      5. The following data can be downloaded by US Account holders through the Download my

26   Data feature. This feature only will download data that exists in each element identified below if

27   populated or used by the account holder. Put another way, the data that is downloaded through

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1    Download my Data is only as robust as whether or how the account holder uses any such elements.

2    Data in all elements identified below may not exist for every account holder.

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      Data Element
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      Account Settings (Allow Others to Find Me; Private Account; Personalized Ads; Who can
5     comment on your videos; Who can view your liked videos; Who can Duet with your videos;
      Who can send you direct message; Who can Stitch with you; Allow your videos to be
6     downloaded; Filter Comments; Ads Based on Data Received from Partners; Ads From Third-
      party Ad Networks)
7     Ad Interest Categories
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      Advertiser List
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      Android ID
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      App Version
11    Bio
12    Block List (Username, Date/Time)
13    Browsing History (Video link, Date)
14    Chat History (Username, Message Contents, Date/Time)
15    Comments (Comment, Date/Time)
16    Content Preference (Interests, Video languages, Filter video keywords in For You feeds, Filter
      video keywords in Following feeds)
17    Data Partner List
18    Date of Birth
19    Email Address
20    Favorite Effects (Effect Link, Date/Time)
21    Favorite Hashtags (Hashtag Link, Date/Time)
22    Favorite Sounds (Sound Link, Date/Time)

23    Favorite Videos (Video Link, Date/Time)

24    Follower List (Username, Date/Time)

25    Following List (Username, Date/Time)

26    GAID (Google Advertising ID)

27    Gifts (Username, Price, Date/Time)

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1    Data Element
     Hashtag (Hashtag name, Hashtag link)
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     IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers)
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     IDFV (Identifier for Vendors)
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     Language
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     Like List (Video Link, Date/Time)
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     Likes
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     Linked Third-party Account Description
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     Linked Third-party Account Name
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     Linked Third-party Account Profile Photo
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     Linked Third-party Platform Name
11   Login History (Date/Time; IP; Device Model; Device System; Network Type; Carrier)
12   Phone Number
13   Profile Photo
14   Profile Video
15   Purchase History (Price, Date/Time)
16   Push Notifications (Desktop notification; New fans push notification; New Likes on my videos
     push notification; New Comments on my video push notification)
17   Screen Resolution
18   Search History (Search term, Date/Time)
19   Share History (Shared content, Link, Method, Date/Time)
20   Third-party Ad Networks List
21   Usage Data from Third-party Apps and Websites (Source, Event, Date/Time)
22   Username

23   Posts (Video Link, Date/Time)

24   WebID

25   Go LIVE History (LIVE Duration; Room ID; LIVE Cover; LIVE Title; Video Quality Settings;
     Replay Videos; Total Views; Total Gifters; Total Earnings; Total Likes Received; Fully Muted
26   Accounts in this LIVE)
     GO LIVE settings (LIVE Moderators; LIVE Gifts Settings; Rankings Settings; LIVE
27   Comments Settings; Filter Spam or Offensive Comments Settings; Comment Keyword Filter;
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1     Data Element
      Q&A Settings; Allow Co-host Invites Settings; Allow Invites from Suggested LIVE Hosts;
2     Allow Guest Request Settings; Agency Invitation Settings)
3     Watch LIVE History

4     Watch LIVE settings
      Location Reviews (Location name; Date/Time; Review content; Review status; Review
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      interactions)
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8           I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing
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     is true and correct, and this Declaration is executed this 31st day of July, 2023 at
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