The aim of the study was to present an assessment of the extent of information disclosure, surveillance, data exploitation and the general state of information privacy

10 Philippines

9 U.S.A. Could, and probably will, be rated much higher after all the reports from Edward Snowden became public.

8 Thailand

7 Taiwan

6 United Kingdom. With the government issuing warnings to newspapers about reporting on the Edward Snowden releases, and even looking into pressing charges related to terrorism on the reporters, it is no wonder they made this list

5 - Within the UK, England and Wales rates much lower than Scotland, as Scotland has strong policies to protect privacy and takes more of an active role with privacy protection. As London has the most surveillance cameras monitoring the public than anywhere in the world, this plays some role in England's worldwide rank.

4 Singapore

3 Russia. Although there are laws against invading privacy, mass surveillance, etc., major exceptions are made to government agencies

2 China. Surprised?

1 Malaysia

The top four countries that are leading in privacy rights? Greece, Canada, Hungary, and Romania. It is worth mentioning that only Greece was rated as having adequate protections against overpowering surveillance on its citizens.

Not a single country is rated as having significant safeguards against surveillance or consistently upholding standards against invasion of privacy, by the state or otherwise.