They have been advertising the switchover for 2 years now (at least on PBS, have the major nets :ABC,NBC,CBS,FOX: been lax?) ... I would think that most people would have bought a bloody converter by now and if they haven't, delaying it won't help anything. There is going to be a rush no matter what because people are lazy.

And to boot, in Canada the sharing of such information would be completely illegal.

If I had not supplied BestBuy with my address, they would never be able to obtain it from Visa or my bank.