It isn't getting worse everywhere - that's just defeatist attitude. For example, the EU data retention directive that Zenst mentions was struck down last year;

It isn't getting worse everywhere - that's just defeatist attitude. For example, the EU data retention directive that Zenst mentions was struck down last year; the EU is adopting a new personal data protection regulation next year that will significantly improve personal data handling; the EU introduced the right to be forgotten, etc.