Business suing “John Doe” for suggesting an edit and getting their map listing removed

[Molly]

A business with a spam location was removed from maps. Now they are issuing a subpoena on google to find out who clicked suggest an edit.

Will Google reveal the name of person who clicked suggest an edit?

 

[JoyHawkins]

They will give them whatever info they know. Name, backup phone number on the account, email etc.

 

[Molly]

Thank you, and I have a follow up question.

Isn’t it a pointless lawsuit if the company starting the lawsuit isn’t eligible to be on Google in the first place?

 

[JoyHawkins]

It all depends on how the legal system sees it. I'm not qualified to give legal advice