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I wasn't talking about "our government". Our government doesn't have to aggregate data on its citizens. They don't have to buy it. They already have it all. Granted, there probably should be some level of separation and access limitation, but personally I think it's naive to expect that. All that stuff was an illusion way before the days of the patriot act.
It doesn't bother you at all that foreign governments, their fronts and NGOs, or even malicious or terrorist organizations could know more about you than you do, and for price? We are getting to the point where it's more than just who you bank with, what your medical records say about you, or how you vote. We are talking about genomic and bio-metric data, and everyone who you are linked to through social media, and all their records, cell tower ping locations, travel habits, etc. etc. etc.
There isn't even any pretense for protecting citizens from exploitation. If you have your identity stolen, it's "Boo hoo, too bad, so sad. Go pay someone to clean it up for you", even though almost everyone who was supposed to be protecting your privacy (from your credit score company all the way to your health care service provider) have all been hacked.
