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Saturday, 9 February 2013

What Apple’s Information Win Means for all of eCommerce

“On February 4, the California Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion Apple Inc. v. Superior Court, ruling that Apple’s request for telephone number and address information from customers in connection with the purchase of electronic downloads on its iTunes service — which reached its 25 billionth song download yesterday — does not violate California law. Specifically, the Court ruled that California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 “does not apply to online purchases in which the product is downloaded electronically.”