SAN FRANCISCO — In throwing out a purported class action, a Los Angeles judge ruled Thursday that the practice of collecting customers’ ZIP codes to prevent fraud doesn’t violate a state law meant to protect the private information of consumers.
The state’s highest court ruled last year that ZIP codes are private information in certain contexts, prompting a slew of suits from consumers. An amendment in 2011 to California’s consumer protection law, the Song-Beverly Act, explicitly excludes gas pump collection from the illegal activity.
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