Mark one for another American conundrum: having so much distrust for "the man" while at the same time being completely oblivious to the amount of personal data being skimmed off their daily activities. But it's all to guarantee Freedom™ so it must be ok?
Much of the Constitution in the US was written by people who wanted corporations to do whatever they wanted and no government can intervene. You see a lot of this philosophy still living today in rulings and precedent.