[aldente]

What is going to be the consequence of massive accumulation of data and the mining of that data?

It isn't just goverments. Viewed in clusters, this distributed 'personal' profile has drastic implications.

No place to hide is a frightening read. To take this to its next step, I recommend "The Minerva Virus"

Here one of the main players in this unregulated realm:
http://www.lexisnexis.com/

or:
http://www.choicepoint.com/

or this (random):
http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/res ... vester.htm