Apparently, Rep. Ed Markley isn't happy with Amazon's answers (or non-answers) and
Information Week is reporting on it today.
Personally, I don't like companies keeping information on me, but I want Congress getting involved even less. Especially when you consider that Congress mandates entities like banks maintain copies of every transaction we make and provide it to the government when they demand it. If we have a transaction over certain dollar amount the bank not only has to keep a copy of the transaction, but also has to explicitly notify the government of the transaction. Phone companies are also required to maintain records of our calls by federal laws. The government make us drive around with license plates on our vehicles and now have cameras and computers run your plates. I just bought a plane ticket and was required to provide both my name and date of birth. Every 10 years the census takers not only count me, but want to know who I am and where I live. Sorry, if I just don't believe the government is interested in helping me protect my privacy.