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Westin Harbour
Castle Hotel
Toronto, Canada
April 5, 2000
On April 5, 2000,
Privacy International presented the 2nd annual "Big
Brother" awards to the government and private
sector organizations which have done the most to
invade personal privacy in the United States. The
ceremony took place at the Computers,
Freedom, and Privacy 2000
Conference.
The "Orwell"
statutes were presented to the government agencies,
companies and initiatives which have done most to
invade personal privacy. A "Lifetime Achievement"
awards was also presented.
The Brandeis Award is named
after US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who
described privacy as "the right to be left alone."
The awards are given to those have done exemplary
work to protect and champion privacy.
The winners of
the awards were selected by a judging
panel
made up of lawyers, academics, consultants,
journalists and civil rights activists based on
nominees made by the public and
experts.
Sponsored by:
 Fund
for Constitutional
Government
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