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                Date: 1999-03-08
                 
                 
                Neu: Big Brother Awards USA
                
                 
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      Nachdem die britischen Big Brother Awards so erfolgreich  
verlaufen waren, gibt es jetzt auch amerikanische. Wer -  
sagen wir exempli gratia - Intel für diese Ehrung nominieren  
möchte, kann dieses auf der URL weiter unten tun.    
 
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On April 6, 1999, the human rights group Privacy  
International will present the first annual US "Big Brother"  
awards to the government and private sector organizations  
which have done the most to invade personal privacy in the  
United States. 
 
The awards will be bestowed at an event during the 9th  
Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference in the Ballroom  
of the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. "Big  
Brother" awards will be presented to the government  
agencies, companies, individuals and initiatives which have  
done most to invade personal privacy. A "lifetime  
achievement" award will also be presented. 
 
The judging panel, consisting of lawyers, academics,  
consultants, journalists and civil liberties activists, are inviting  
nominations from members of the public. 
 
Awards will also be given to individuals and organizations that  
have made an outstanding contribution to the protection of  
privacy. 
 
The event will be the first of its kind in the United States.  
Privacy International previously held a ceremony in the United  
Kingdom in October 1998. Awards were given in the UK to  
the NSA's spybase in northern England, the Department of  
Trade and Industry's Key Escrow plan, the township of  
Newham for its camera system with facial recognition,  
Harlequin Corp for its WatCall software system to track  
phone calls, and to Procurement Services International for  
exporting surveillance equipment to such military regimes as  
Indonesia and Nigeria. 
 
Privacy International (PI) was formed in 1990 as a non- 
government watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasion.  
The organization has campaigned throughout the world on  
dozens of issues ranging from identity cards and encryption  
policy, to workplace surveillance and military intelligence.  
PI's membership includes IT specialists, lawyers, judges and  
journalists from forty countries. More information on PI can  
be found at: 
http://www.bigbrotherawards.org/
                   
http://www.privacyinternational.org/
                   
http://www.cfp99.org/
                   
 
 
 
 
 
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Stoppt Enfopol! 
http://www.freedomforlinks.de/Pages/enfopol.html
                   
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-03-08 
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