Borders Bust Means B&N May Get Your Shopping History

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 22, 2011 @05:14AM from the you-probably-should-have-anticipated-this dept.

coondoggie writes "To perhaps no one's surprise, Borders bookstore collected a ton of consumer information — such as personal data, including records of particular book and video sales — during its normal course of business. Such personal information Borders promised never to share without consumer consent. But now that the company is being sold off as part of its bankruptcy filing, all privacy promises are off. Reuters wrote this week that Barnes & Noble, which paid almost $14 million for Borders' intellectual assets (including customer information) at auction last week, said it should not have to comply with certain customer-privacy standards recommended by a third-party ombudsman."

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Re:how is this legal? by sabt-pestnu · 2011-09-22 06:09 · Score: 5, Interesting

I wonder if you could use the theory that the information isn't Borders', it's yours - and by breaking the contract under which it was provided, Borders no longer has a right to it.