"I’ve had visitors buy all sorts of expensive and odd items when they left my site to check out a $10 book on Amazon. And trust me, pink vibrators can add up quickly."

I am mostly in the dark on how this program works, does this mean the Amazon Associates Affiliate Program allows the referrer to see exactly what the people who click through their link purchase within the next 24 hours?

I assume it would be anonymous, and I guess it makes sense to understand the demographic of your site, but it certainly seems a bit invasive if clicking on a referral link tells that blogger your Amazon purchase history for 24h...