Massachusetts Court Dismisses Zip Code Suit for Failure to Allege Cognizable Injury

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted Michaels Stores, Inc.’s (“Michaels”) a motion to dismiss against a customer-plaintiff who alleged that Michaels’ in-store information collection practices violated Massachusetts law. Although the court ruled in Michaels’ favor, it found that customer ZIP codes do constitute personal information under Massachusetts state law when collected in the context of a credit card transaction.

http://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2012/01/articles/massachusetts-court-dismisses-zip-code-suit-for-failure-to-allege-a-cognizable-injury/