A federal judge has ruled that a proposed class-action lawsuit against Ikea can proceed, Courthouse News Service reports. Filed in February 2011, the suit alleges that the company's policy of requesting zip codes during purchases violates the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (SBCCA), the report states. U.S. District Judge William Hayes said the SBCCA "does not provide an exception allowing a retailer to request or require the cardholder to provide personal identification information as a condition of accepting a credit card payment when the individual has previously or subsequently provided any personal information to the retailer. Such an exception would contravene one of the purposes" of the SBCCA, "which is to prevent store clerks from obtaining customers' personal identification information."
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