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[jkhdigital]

Interviewing a person is not "search and seizure"; the two things are categorically different.

[tzs → jkhdigital]

So looking at all your comments so far, it appears that:

1. If Bob is selling data that he legally obtained about Alice and legally can sell, it is a search if the government buys that data from Bob, and

2. If the government interviews Bob and Bob gives them data about Alice, it is not a search.

I'm failing to see the distinction you are making.