The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”) amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act prohibit, among other things, the printing of expiration dates on receipts presented to credit or debit card holders. Two recent cases from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Smith v. Zazzle.com
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Expiration Date Imminent for Many FACTA Class Actions
New amendments to the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act (“FACTA”) (itself an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”)) bar consumers from alleging willful violation and seeking statutory damages based on the printing of credit card expiration dates on receipts where the account number is otherwise properly truncated in accordance with FACTA. This development means the end is near for scores of class action lawsuits filed last year.
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Governor Schwarzenegger Says No to California A.B. 779
On Saturday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 779, legislation that would have amended California’s landmark data security breach legislation. The bill would have been the first to follow law enacted by Minnesota earlier this year and effective August 1, 2007, that amended Minnesota’s security breach notification law by, among other things, prohibiting businesses from retaining certain payment card data after authorization of a transaction.
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