Big Brother Awards International

Watching the watchmen worldwide

Government agencies of all kind and private companies are more and more intruding and violating everyone's privacy. Enormous amounts of personal data are being collected, stored and processed - very often illegally - for the sake of investigation and marketing, criminal justice and statistics.

Fighting crime by committing one appears to be the future solution for law enforcement agencies in the information society of the 21 century.

But - who watches the watchmen?

Every year Privacy International and a growing number of affiliate human rights groups present the Big Brother Awards to government agencies, private companies and individuals who have done their best to invade our privacy.

The juries worldwide consist of lawyers, academics, consultants, journalists, civil right activists...

Scheduled Awards Ceremonies

USA

Cambridge

7

March

2001

Previous Awards Ceremonies

France	Paris	16	December	2000
United Kingdom	London	4	December	2000
Austria	Vienna	26	October	2000
Switzerland	Zurich	26	October	2000
Germany	Bielefeld	26	October	2000
USA	Toronto, Canada	5	April	2000
Austria	Vienna	26	October	1999
United Kingdom	London	18	October	1999
USA	Washington, DC	7	April	1999
United Kingdom	London	26	October	1998