In general, the applicable laws provide protection of personal information regardless of how the information was collected. For example, the EU Directive applies to the processing of personal data. In the United States, there are various laws that protect a person's privacy or personal information. Constitutional privacy protections are provided only with regard to government intrusion into personal privacy.
Some state laws provide an additional level of protection.
For example, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have adopted measures protecting the privacy of telephone numbers dialed and have incorporated that protection into their constitutions. Other states, including Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Colorado, have incorporated privacy of banking information into their state constitutions. Common law protection of privacy interests has also been well established at the state level. Back to TOP Q2. Based on the Directive, each EU member state may adopt more or less restrictive policies.