South Side Chicago pizza restaurant Connie’s has been served with a class action lawsuit, accusing the company of printing the expiration date from customers’ credit and debit cards on their receipts.
The class action lawsuit asserts this violated the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), while allegedly violating customers’ privacy and exposing them to heightened risk of identity theft. According to the complaint, businesses have been forbidden from including such account information on customer receipts since the FACTA law was passed in 2003.
The complaint was filed on behalf of named plaintiff Carla Williams, identified as a resident of Cook County.
According to the complaint, Williams paid for a food purchase at the Connie’s Pizza restaurant at 2372 S. Archer Ave., Chicago, in April 2020. The receipt she received allegedly included the expiration date of the credit card she used to purchase the food.
The complaint seeks to expand the lawsuit to include anyone who paid for a purchase at a Connie’s Pizza location using a credit or debit card in the past two years. The complaint does not specify how many people that might include, but estimates the number could be in the “thousands.”
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, including statutory damages, punitive damages, attorney fees and other relief.