The US government can’t protect its dirtiest laundry, so what makes anyone think a government is capable and willing to protect data about you?

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/09/us-government-cant-protect-dirtiest-laundry-makes-anyone-think-government-capable-willing-protect-data/

Governments collect insane amounts of data about ordinary people, and officials get caught red-handed again and again using governmental surveillance networks to stalk private relations. It’s been the NSA, it’s been the FBI, and now it’s the police abusing collected data. The U.S. government has shown it can’t even protect its own dirtiest laundry, so what makes anyone think any government is willing and capable of protecting the data of a random citizen?