In 2024, the Thomas More Society filed a lawsuit on behalf of Trudy Perez-Poveda to get her data back from tech giant Google after her account was deactivated.
According to the lawsuit, Google deactivated the Florida 76-year-old woman’s account, depriving her of more than 11 years of stored emails, photographs, calendars, and contacts. The lawsuit further alleges the lockout occurred just hours after she sent a message to a prolife group announcing plans for a mass and prayer gathering in front of A Woman’s Choice abortion business located in Jacksonville.
According to Thomas More Society, Google informed her at the time that its “Concerned Team” had “permanently disabled” her account. The tech giant further informed her, “It is not possible to access or transfer data in that email account.”
On July 31, Thomas More Society announced, just days before a court-imposed settlement deadline, Perez-Poveda suddenly was able to retrieve her data.
“Google has dragged Trudy Perez-Poveda through a land of smoke and mirrors, apparently because she was a pro-lifer who had the fortitude to stand up to Google and demand what belonged to her,” said Matt Heffron, Senior Counsel at Thomas More Society. “Google did not know who they were messing with when they decided to pick on Trudy. She was not going to let a big-tech behemoth shut down her life-saving mission to protect the unborn,” he said.
“It has been a bizarre journey but thanks to Trudy’s courage in standing up to Google and demanding what belonged to her, she got back what was rightfully hers.”
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“Thanks to the support from Thomas More Society, I was able to regain access to more than a decade worth of personal data and continue my mission to save lives in our Jacksonville community. Big tech companies cannot be allowed to decide what speech is acceptable,” said Trudy Perez-Poveda.
Following the return of her data, the law firm will drop the rest of the lawsuit against Google.
Heffron shared, “The main goal of this lawsuit was to get Trudy’s data back, and we accomplished that.”
“The lawsuit also sought damages for what Google put Trudy through, and we had wanted to test Florida’s untried anti-censorship statute to that end.”
“At this point, though, we decided it would be more efficient to refer the matter to the Florida Attorney General’s Office and to work with Florida legislators to strengthen gaps we discovered in the anti-censorship statute. With that in mind, we dismissed the remainder of the lawsuit.”
Thomas More Society attorneys are representing pro-life leader, Trudy Perez-Poveda, in a lawsuit against the big-tech giant, Google.
Without explanation, Google refused to give her access to more than 11 years of her stored personal data.
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— Thomas More Society (@ThomasMoreSoc) August 1, 2024
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