Last week, Macy's and Foot Locker became the latest retailers to be forced to defend allegations that they illegally collect personal information from California shoppers. In two separate suits filed on the same day by the same attorneys, the class plaintiffs allege that customers at the two stores were required to disclose personal information in order to complete purchases with their credit cards.

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