Events and Public Meetings

1st Korean Big Brother Awards (external) 22/11/2005
Korean Progressive Network Jimbonet and other NGOs held the 1st Big Brother Awards Korea on 22 November in Seoul. Winners were the National ID Card, the Ministry of Information and Communication, and "Phantom of Samsung SDI''. The National Intelligence Service received a special prize and the DNA Database of Convicted Criminals by Police and Prosecution was chosen the most popular by Netizens.

UK Big Brother Awards 2005 10/05/2005
Privacy International will hold its 7th UK Big Brother Awards ceremony on the 15th of December at the London School of Economics.

PI Announces U.S. Big Brother Awards winners for 2005 15/04/2005
In a ceremony in Seattle, Washington, Privacy International held the 2005 Big Brother Awards with some suprising winners.

U.S. Big Brother Awards 2005 31/03/2005
On April 14th, 2005 Privacy International will hold the 7th annual U.S. Big Brother Awards to shame the invaders and celebrate the champions of privacy. The ceremony will be held at the 2005 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference, in Seattle.

French Big Brother Awards 2004 23/01/2005
The 5th French Big Brother Awards were held on 21 January 2005 at the Centre Cuturel La Clé in Paris.

Big Brother Awards Switzerland 2004 27/08/2004
The 5th annual Swiss ceremony of the Big Brother Awards will take place on 16 October in the city of Emmen. The slogan 'Nicht lamentieren, nominieren' (don't lament, nominate!) now calls on a special new category of victims of Big Brother; workers that are being controlled at the work-floor with the help of video-camera's and key-loggers. Deadline for nominations is 31 August 2004.

Austrian Big Brother Awards 2004 27/08/2004
The 2004 Austrian Big Brother Awards will be held in Vienna on 26 October 2004.

The 2004 UK Big Brother Awards 28/06/2004
On July 28th 2004, Privacy International will stage the 6th annual UK Big Brother Awards to recognise the people and organisations that have done the most to devastate privacy & civil liberties in the UK.

Big Brother Awards in New Zealand 2004 28/04/2004

US Big Brother Awards 2004 21/04/2004
In April, Privacy International will hold the 6th annual US Big Brother awards to celebrate the invaders and champions of privacy. The ceremony will be held at the 2004 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference.

Australian Big Brother Awards 2003 08/09/2003
The Australian Privacy Foundation held the 1st Australian Big Brother Awards on 8 September 2003. The winners were Attorney General Darryl Williams (lifetime menace), the Internet Industry Association (corporate invader), the TICA Default Tenancy Control (technology) and Senator Chris Ellison (worst public official).