The US has more fundamental protections for your data than the EU does. The US has it written into the highest law of the land, wheras the EU just has some promises.
The reality is this: In neither jurisdiction are you safe, because in both jurisdictions the government will sieze or snoop on data at will. Sometimes it will do it publically with warrants (Which are generally fraudulent in the US and used to sieze things that are not covered by the warrent also.) Or they will simply pass some law "to fight terrorism" or "tax evasion" or "money laundering" or "child pornography" that exempts them from having to comply with the other laws.
It doesn't matter. You cannot trust government because government is evil. It's like expecting a fox to guard the henhouse. It's silly if you think about it.
The reality is this: In neither jurisdiction are you safe, because in both jurisdictions the government will sieze or snoop on data at will. Sometimes it will do it publically with warrants (Which are generally fraudulent in the US and used to sieze things that are not covered by the warrent also.) Or they will simply pass some law "to fight terrorism" or "tax evasion" or "money laundering" or "child pornography" that exempts them from having to comply with the other laws.
It doesn't matter. You cannot trust government because government is evil. It's like expecting a fox to guard the henhouse. It's silly if you think about it.