If you’ve been saving paper receipts from credit or debit card purchases, they might be worth serious money. A federal privacy law called FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act) requires businesses to protect your card information on printed receipts by only showing the last five digits of your card number and no expiration date.
Many retailers have violated this law by printing too much information, and now they’re facing lawsuits that could pay you $100 to $1,000 per illegal receipt.
