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[{"user_id": 11626, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6314, "date_created": 1297846497.6554711, "message": "More than a dozen national retail chains operating in California have been hit with lawsuits since the state Supreme Court ruled that it's illegal for clerks to ask customers for their ZIP codes.\r\n\r\nThe high court unanimously ruled last week that ZIP codes are part of customers' addresses, which a state consumer privacy law forbids stores from requesting during credit card transactions.\r\n\r\nThe decision has set off a flurry of litigation, with most of the lawsuits being filed in San Francisco or Los Angeles courts.\r\n\r\nAmong the retail giants facing lawsuits for requesting ZIP code information during the past year are Williams-Sonoma Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp., Macy's Inc. and Cost Plus Inc.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/02/15/state/n111132S53.DTL", "group_id": 3920, "id": 118413}, {"user_id": 11626, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6314, "date_created": 1297846679.3039341, "message": "They're just trying to track & trace everything you do -- guilty until proven innocent -- isn't that OK with you? Ha. Clerks would get so mad when I refused to give a zip... & now look. Lawsuit city. Guess who's feeling smug now?", "group_id": 3920, "id": 118436}]