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Re:Why privacy is important, and having “nothing to hide” is... by CurtMonash on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @11:53AM (#10851581)
That's a big part of why restrictions on governmental collection and retention of data will never suffice. (The other big part is terrorism fears. Whether or not you or I agree with the plan -- as a practical political matter, a lot of surveillance will be done to try to identify in-country baddies.)

http://www.dbms2.com/2010/07/04/fair-data-use/

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