I don’t like it either. But then, I don’t even like being asked my zip code when I go to check out at a local retail store. I just lie because its none of their business. I used to give the cashiers hell for asking, but stopped because of the glazed look in their eyes. Just a waste of time anyway.
But look, every phone call and message board is monitored by the Alphabet Soup agencies. Donald Trump doesn’t use a cell phone for a reason.
If retail stores could put you in prison or shoot you from a drone I might put them in the same category of concern.