A class action lawsuit accuses furniture retailer Ikea of printing expiration debts for customer credit and debit cards on receipts, allegedly in violation of a federal law, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA).
"Despite the clear language of the statute, Defendants knowingly or recklessly failed to comply with FACTA by printing the expiration dates of their customers’ credit and debit cards on the receipts provided to them in store," says the suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court. "FACTA was specifically designed to thwart identity thieves’ ability to gain sensitive information regarding a customer’s credit or debit card account from a receipt provided to the customer at the point of sale which, through any number of ways, can fall into the hands of someone other than the customer."
Including expiration dates on receipts, "enables a thief who finds the receipt to use that information to help obtain the full card information and commit fraud," according to the suit.
IKEA has 70 stores in North America, the suit states. IKEA operates two stores in Illinois, one each in suburban Schaumburg and Bolingbrook.
The lawsuit seeks statutory and punitive damages, plus legal fees.
The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Keith J. Keogh and Michael S. Hilicki, of Keogh Law Ltd., of Chicago; Scott D. Owens, of Hollywood, Florida; and John R. Habashy, of Lexicon Law, of Los Angeles.