I don't see how the West is any different. We have credit scores, background checks, car accessories that report our driving patterns to insurance, smart locks

I don't see how the West is any different. We have credit scores, background checks, car accessories that report our driving patterns to insurance, smart locks that know when we're home, Google maps that knows all our location history, ... Companies like Palantair are collating all of this for the government. You have a score in many 3 letter agency's database.