"Privacy of reader information is viewed as a sacred trust by booksellers and librarians…. No..."

Privacy of reader information is viewed as a sacred trust by booksellers and librarians…. No librarian or bookseller wants to give the government or anyone else access to your private information. It’s in our DNA. We’re a community center and a community resource. You want to be able to come in and talk to us about books. You don’t want us to gossip about your reading habits to the next guy who comes in, whether that guy is your neighbor or from the FBI. We don’t do it. We won’t do it.

When we remember what you like, it’s in service of a personal relationship. It’s not ‘data’ to ‘exploit.’ This is a profession with professional standards….