Here is another litigation against techno-giant Apple –from Massachusetts from people claiming that Apple made profits from the zip codes they gave to the company for making credit card purchases.
The plaintiffs — Adam Christensen, Jeffrey Scolnick, and William Farrell — claim they had to provide their zip codes when making credit card purchases at an Apple retail store, which would violate the Massachusetts Unfair Trade Practices Act. This law states that retailers cannot force customers to provide more information than is necessary for credit card companies to verify the purchase.
The lawsuit states that all the zip codes provided were sold to third parties- that would have made the company heaps of profit. The complainants also say they “received unwanted marketing materials from Apple” as a result of providing their zip codes.
For damages, the sue-ers are asking for up to $75 per violation, interest on that amount, and repayment of legal fees. They also want an injunction placed on Apple that would prevent the company from collecting customers’ zip codes in Massachusetts.
Apple hasn’t openly made any comments on the lawsuit.