> It is a western liberal idea because it is clearly laid out in the founding philosophical texts which were written in the west i completely agree with this.

> It is a western liberal idea because it is clearly laid out in the founding philosophical texts which were written in the west i completely agree with this. however i think that today the phrase 'western liberal' is taken to mean as policies coming from brussels/washington, instead of ideas coming from the enlightenment period it is also hard to divide judicial adoption of 'right to privacy' according to geography and political systems. for example, australia does not legally recognize the 'right to privacy' while russia does [0]. also curiously, as somewhat of an aside point, i just tried to find data retention laws in russia and this is best i could come up with: "The Law on Personal Data simply provides that personal data should not be kept/processed for a longer period than is necessary for the purpose for which it is processed (unless longer processing and, in particular, retention periods are mandated by Russian law or by agreement of the data subject)."[1] Of course this opens up the possibility for government mandated retenition, but do these laws exist? i would find it very surprising if they do not. does anyone here know? i am talking about written laws, not corruption or rule-of-law factors [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_privacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_privacy [1] https://www.dataguidance.com/notes/russia-data-protection-overview https://www.dataguidance.com/notes/russia-data-protection-ov...