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& the US system routes abuses through the private sector: https://www.techpolicy.press/the-us-government-buys-data-for...

These things aren't a one-and-done matter of legislation or constitutions, they rely on constant pressure on every case.

(and I explicitly said the EU system does not guarantee privacy against law enforcement! Because total privacy for crime is very unpopular and politically unsustainable)

The subtitle of that article is:

German police are being investigated for using Covid-tracking data as part of a probe into a death.

The fact being that they (illegally) got access to data that was to be used for health purposes.

Have you never heard of snowden?

I do. I even have his book. What about him?