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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
In the United States, it comes from the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Specifically, "The right of the People to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures."
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Also, many US states have established privacy protections either by statute or by court decision (common law). These typically permit civil suits for invasions of privacy by non-government entities. The scope of protection varies greatly from state to state, but such things as "Disclosure of private facts" are grounds for suit in some states. Whether a log of books read would be protected is up for grabs until someone sues.
The various US constitutional protections would not apply as they restrict federal and in most cases state governments, but not private companies or individuals.
The laws of other countries would be different. The EU has some fairly strict laws about data protection. I don't know if they would apply to this sort of situation.