Legal Matters: Collecting Customer ZIP Codes? Beware the Legal Risks
Doing so might subject you to class-action lawsuits
Legal Basis for the Court's Decision
The decision of the California Supreme Court that ZIP codes constitute personal identification information is based on the Song-Beverly Act. This law prohibits retailers accepting credit cards from requesting or requiring the cardholder to provide personal identification information, which the retailer records.
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