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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
Any idea what state consumer-protection law zip code verification violates?
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And the answer is (drum roll, please).... California Civil Code Section 1747-1748.7, AKA the "Song-Beverly Credit Card Act."
My understanding is that the Court interpreted 1747.8, specifically, such that its definition covers ZIP code data.
Here's the actual language of the pertinent section of the law:
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1747.8. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation which accepts credit cards for the transaction of business shall do either of the following:
(1) Request, or require as a condition to accepting the credit card as payment in full or in part for goods or services, the cardholder to write any personal identification information upon the credit card transaction form or otherwise.
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The statute defines "personal identification information as:
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(b) For purposes of this section "personal identification information," means information concerning the cardholder, other than information set forth on the credit card, and including, but not limited to, the cardholder's address and telephone number.
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I've only skimmed the decision thus far, so there might be more to the ruling than the court's reading of that section, but I think that's the only portion of the statute that would make sense as a basis for the ruling.