where is your proof that the guy off the street in this case isn't the chinese government?

I didn't mention this case I was speaking more generally. And I'd personally be more worried with what the US government knows about me than the Chinese. I have many more interactions with American people and businesses and I like to visit there. I don't have much if any interaction with China so it doesn't bother me as much.

That still makes no sense. Your information has been leaked to one party, so you're okay with it leaking to others as well? Also, it's not just what they know, it's what they do with that knowledge. And it seems pretty absurd to make the claim that the US has had worse precedence in this regard than China.

Worry about it when you're important enough for the Chinese government to care what you do? I'm certainly not.