I'm Australian. I think our government protects us precisely the bare minimum needed to avoid a general riot, and no more. 100% most definitely they don't pro

I'm Australian. I think our government protects us precisely the bare minimum needed to avoid a general riot, and no more. 100% most definitely they don't protect us in any way wrt data privacy, but that's only because the average person thinks they "have nothing to hide" so they can get away with it due to general apathy/ignorance. The only place I do feel they protect us is in consumer protections, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if there were plans underway to change those.