Lewis v. Safeway, Inc.

Opinion

RICHMAN, J.

Subject to numerous exceptions, the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (Song-Beverly or the Act) (Civ. Code, § 1747 et seq.) generally prohibits a retailer from requesting and recording a customer’s “personal identification information” when the customer is purchasing goods or services with a credit card. (Civ. Code, § 1747.08, subd. (a)(2).) Plaintiff Mark Lewis filed a putative class action against defendant Safeway, Inc. (Safeway), alleging that Safeway violated the Act when its clerk requested and recorded Lewis’s date of birth in Safeway’s cash register system when he…