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The Surveillance State
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Big Brother is watching you as never before - and those countries with the proudest histories of individual privacy and freedom have been among those most desperate to abolish privacy for the chimera of security:
In terms of statutory protections and privacy enforcement, the US is the worst ranking country in the democratic world. In terms of overall privacy protection the United States has performed very poorly, being out-ranked by both India and the Philippines and falling into the "black" category, denoting endemic surveillance.
The worst ranking EU country is the United Kingdom, which again fell into the "black" category along with Russia and Singapore.
Full data here.
