Electronically Downloaded Products

California Supreme Court Rules That Song-Beverly Act Does Not Apply To On-Line Transactions

by Timothy Toohey | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/22/2013

A little over a year ago, the United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled that California’s Song-Beverly Act (the Act), which prohibits collection of “personal identification information” in...more

California Supreme Court Holds Online Retailers of Downloadable Products May Require Personally Identifying Information For Credit...

by Mira Serrill-Robins | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 2/14/2013

The California Supreme Court held on February 4, 2013 that the provision of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (the “Act”) prohibiting retailers from requesting personally identifying information as a condition to...more

Online, But Off Song-Beverly: California Supreme Court in a Narrow Ruling Finds That Song-Beverly Does Not Apply to Retailers...

by Caitlin Ross, Stephanie Sheridan | Sedgwick LLP on 2/14/2013

In at least one specific type of transaction, California retailers can now breathe a little easier. In Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (Krescent), No. S199384 (Cal. Feb. 4, 2013), the California Supreme Court found that Section...more

California Supreme Court Holds that Song-Beverly Act Does Not Apply to Online Downloadable Purchases

by Edward Boyle, Emilio W. Cividanes, Douglas Emhoff, Stuart P. Ingis, Melissa McLaughlin | Venable LLP on 2/14/2013

On February 4, 2013, the California Supreme Court held in Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (Krescent) that the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act’s prohibition against recording customers’ personal identification information as a...more

California Supreme Court: Online Retailers May Require Personal Info for Electronic Downloads

by Michael Mallow, Michael Thurman | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 2/13/2013

Online retailers do not violate California's credit card privacy law by requiring consumers to provide personal information, including their addresses and phone numbers, as a condition of accepting credit card payments for...more

California Supreme Court Holds Online Download Purchase Transactions Not Covered By Song-Beverly Credit Card Act

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/11/2013

On February 4, the California Supreme Court held, in a 4-3 split ruling, that the personal privacy protections afforded consumers by the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act do not apply when the item purchased is downloaded via the...more

You Can’t Make a Square Peg Fit in a Round Hole: California Supreme Court Holds Online Purchases of Electronically Downloadable...

by Megan Low, David McDowell, Purvi Patel | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/6/2013

Handing a victory to online retailers, on February 4, 2013, the California Supreme Court held in a split decision that online transactions involving electronically downloadable products fall outside the scope of the...more

Major Win for eCommerce Businesses: California Supreme Court Rules On-Line Merchants May Collect Personal Information to Verify...

by Helen Christakos | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 2/6/2013

The California Supreme Court held today in Apple v. Superior Ct. that on-line merchants may require customers to provide personally identifying information (such as home address and phone number) to purchase electronically...more

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