I don't think it's different views on privacy between countries, since there's ambition to limit privacy of citizens in most countries. My understanding is tha

I don't think it's different views on privacy between countries, since there's ambition to limit privacy of citizens in most countries. My understanding is that there's always pressure from the executive to get more rights (surveillance, weapons, confinement). Depending on the administration and responsible minister, this results in slower or faster decrease in privacy. E.g. here in Germany the current administration stance is against mass surveillance. But the responsible minister of inner affairs calls for less limits on surveillance. Luckily the entire rest of the administration is against it...