Ofc we should expect them to stand up. They are breaking the law full stop.
I would not give out information on my users, and would rather go the station. They can't do anything but trying to frighten you.
I expect everyone with access to personal data do the same.
> They can't do anything but trying to frighten you.
Police can rob you, rape you, or murder you in the street and even if it's caught on camera they can still face zero meaningful consequences for that. We've certainly seen it happen. They can also arrest you for something like "obstruction" or "contempt of cop" and that's something you'd have to spend time and money on fighting later in the courts. Ongoing retaliation is something else to be concerned about.
In any case, the can certainly do a lot besides "trying to frighten you"
I don’t expect someone in their early 20’s, being paid CVS wages, and dealing with a ton of people all day to necessarily have the best backbone in the face of an armed thug demanding information face to face.
Respecting privacy should be a tenant of law enforcement, since that’s like one of our rights or something, but cops and police unions have been operating outside of the law for their entire history in the US.
Are not the police conspiring to break the law then, at the very least? If I intimidated you into breaking the law, while armed, would I not also be culpable? The more I think about this, the more it seems the police should be the only ones culpable in that situation...
I expect everyone with access to personal data do the same.