> It has, fwiw, also historically not been seen as a core right for thousands of years. So i think it's a harder argument to make than you think despite the EU coming around on this.

This doesn't seem true. I'd assume you know more about this than I do though so can you explain this in more detail? The concept of privacy is definitely more than thousands of years old. The concept of a "human right", is arguably much newer. Do you have particular evidence that a right to privacy is a harder argument to make that other human rights?

While the language differs, the right to privacy is enshrined more or less explicitly in many constitutions, including 11 USA states. It isn't just a "european" thing.