Yes, "a group of people" acting through the government to support privacy protection is what my first sentence meant. Clearly that's what's happened. Not sure

Yes, "a group of people" acting through the government to support privacy protection is what my first sentence meant. Clearly that's what's happened. Not sure why you phrase it "or"? I think we agree that that's one sensible approach to take (treating it as a basic right that can't be negotiated away, much like other things).