First we had the privacy stink that erupted over .

Borders bookstore collected a ton of consumer information -- such as personal data including records of particular book and video sales -- during its normal course of business. Such personal information Borders promised never to share without consumer consent. But now that the company is being sold off as part of its bankruptcy filing, all privacy promises are off.

IN THE NEWS:

Reuters wrote this week that Barnes & Noble, which paid almost $14 million for Borders' intellectual assets including customer information at auction last week, said it should not have to comply with certain customer privacy standards recommended by a third-party ombudsman. In court papers, Barnes & Noble said that its own privacy standards are sufficient to protect the privacy of customers whose information it won during the auction.

At the heart of Barnes & Noble's disagreement is the court appointed Consumer Privacy Ombudsman Michael St. Patrick Baxter of the Washington, D.C., law firm Covington & Burling's requirement that any use of Borders consumer information would require consent.