No. In many places in Europe (at least in my country) it is illegal to record specific people (and use the footage for anything other than completely personal use). People have a reasonable expectation of some privacy while out in public spaces in most circumstances.

Now, if you're at a public concert or any type of large gathering, you have less of a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Privacy isn't binary, you can give up some but not all. After all you have a bathroom door in your private home.

Scale matters. Someone walking past you on the street, or recording everything you do are two very different cases even if all the info is there in both cases. It's not only the action that matters but also the intent and the consequences. Other laws take this into consideration, why not privacy laws?

People and systems are not the same and usually have different purposes. You give up a little privacy in to a person, they don't pay attention, forget, the info is trapped in their head to be converted in vague words. You give up a lot of privacy to a computer, they remember everything accurately and connect different data points across time, space, and systems.

The EU just has a difference stance on privacy, it's as simple as that. You just got used to be disadvantaged by these rules and it looks abnormal when others don't see it that way.