I guess my entire interest in VRM is because I do not like being data mined, and you just named _the_ top candidates for data mining that concern me.
EDIT: When the NSTIC was announced, many organisations I respect, and typically agree with, game out against it[1]:
"Shortly after the draft's release, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, in conjunction with a number of other consumer-rights and civil liberties organizations[5], sent the Committee a statement in response to the draft NSTIC policy, requesting that the White House provide a clearer and more complete plan to create and safeguard Internet users' rights and privacy."
EDIT: When the NSTIC was announced, many organisations I respect, and typically agree with, game out against it[1]:
"Shortly after the draft's release, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, in conjunction with a number of other consumer-rights and civil liberties organizations[5], sent the Committee a statement in response to the draft NSTIC policy, requesting that the White House provide a clearer and more complete plan to create and safeguard Internet users' rights and privacy."
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSTIC#Criticism