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Cathedral Hill Hotel
San Francisco, CA
April 18, 2002
On April 18, Privacy International
held the 4th annual US Big Brother awards to celebrate the invaders
and champions of privacy. The ceremony took place at the 2002
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference.
The "Orwell"
statutes were presented to the government agencies,
companies and initiatives which have done most to
invade personal privacy. A "Lifetime Menace" award
was also presented.
3 awards were also
given to champions of privacy. 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.
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