Big Brother Awards highlight digital privacy threats
News The Big Brother Awards are presented annually by Privacy International to the companies and individuals that have done most to erode the privacy of the citizen, and are accompanied by the "Winstons", which are awarded to those who have done most...
[March 5, 2002, 12:12]
Big Brother Awards nominees plumb new depths
News The nominees for this year's Big Brother Awards, which recognise villains of privacy in the Internet age, have sunk to new depths, according to the judges. The winners of the Big Brother Awards will be announced at a ceremony at the London School...
[February 25, 2002, 11:13]
Livingstone and Blair scoop Big Brother awards
News London Mayor Ken Livingstone has been awarded the dubious honour of 'Worst Public Servant' at the annual Big Brother awards for his leading roll in the implementation of the London congestion charge scheme and the surveillance system underpinning it.
[March 25, 2003, 15:46]
Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail
Talkback That all said, with Home Secretary David 'Big' Blunkett still pushing his authoritarian utopias (ID card, population database, biometrics, dismantling of trial by jury, on-the-spot fines etc) I think GMail will have some stiff competition for the...
[June 22, 2004, 12:37]
Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail
News Privacy International's Big Brother awards highlight organisations that the organisers say pose a significant threat to privacy. To reserve your seat at the Big Brother Awards on 28 July at 7pm, email simon@privacy.org.
[June 21, 2004, 15:40]
Big Brother frowns on Vodafone and the Home Office
News Privacy International (PI) has announced the shortlist of candidates for this year's Big Brother awards, its annual naming and shaming of the companies and organisations that it claims pose the greatest threat to privacy and civil liberties in the...
[July 5, 2004, 12:10]
Jack Straw tipped for top cybersnoop award
News The Big Brother awards will take place at the London School of Economics on Monday evening. Home secretary Jack Straw is hotly tipped to receive a "Big Brother" award from civil liberty groups following his introduction of Internet snooping...
[November 30, 2000, 9:02]
US fingerprinting plan earns Big Brother's wrath
News They are titled the Big Brother awards, after George Orwell's visionary novel 1984. The awards were announced on Wednesday evening at an event in London. A scheme that forces all visitors to America to be fingerprinted upon arrival has won this...
[July 28, 2004, 19:40]
Jack Straw wins coveted Menace Award
News At the Big Brother Awards, an annual ceremony to name and shame the country's worst privacy offenders, held in London Monday, ex-MI5 agent and government whistleblower David Shayler presented Straw's prize.
[December 5, 2000, 11:53]
Online elections get a step closer
News Privacy International recently nominated the Electoral Reform Society in its Big Brother Awards ceremony, which is designed to highlight threats to privacy. A key standard for online voting is to be released later this month, according to the...
[March 12, 2002, 14:40]
