My point was being in the Eu did not preclude those laws and EU countries vary. Some EU countries have more of a Russian position on these things! I very much

My point was being in the Eu did not preclude those laws and EU countries vary. Some EU countries have more of a Russian position on these things! I very much is a question of national, not EU law so you cannot generalise about the EU. Where the EU does have laws on these things it has been very anti-privacy and pro-surveillance.