Bath & Body Works Faces Claims for Credit Card Disclosure

A proposed privacy class action against Bath & Body Works was removed to federal court, with the retailer facing claims that it violated federal law by disclosing too many digits of customers’ credit cards.

The case was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Nancy Blanco sued Bath & Body Works for printing the first six and last four digits of customers’ credit and debit card numbers on its printed receipts, alleging that the retail store violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, which bans merchants from disclosing more than the last five digits ...