When Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) had misused foreign intelligence surveillance laws to collect millions of Americans’ phone records, the resulting public outcry eventually led Congress to ban the practice.
On a typical morning in the United States of America, you get up, eat breakfast, and drive to work. Oh oh! You're under surveillance now, not just by the CIA or the FBI, but also by immigration enforcement.
The program included at least nine major internet companies, including Facebook, Google, Apple, and Skype. Today, it very likely includes an even broader set of companies.