&gt; The US and other countries have two sets of data protection rules that govern police and security services. One set of rules for residents of that country (e.g. US persons) or domestic data and another much less stringent set or rules for everyone else.<p>This is going to be generally true of most countries. If it weren&#x27;t the case, most forms of espionage would be subject to prosecution in the spy&#x27;s home state.