Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:25:15 -0800 From: Phil Agre <pagre@alpha.oac.ucla.edu> To: "Red Rock Eater News Service" <rre@lists.gseis.ucla.edu> Subject: [RRE]Call for Nominations: 2001 US Big Brother Awards [Reformatted to 70 columns.] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use the "redirect" option. For information about RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, see http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:46:07 -0500 From: David Banisar <dbanisar@privacy.org> Subject: Call for Nominations: 2001 US Big Brother Awards =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS THE 2001 U.S. BIG BROTHER AWARDS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On March 7, 2001 the watchdog group Privacy International will hold the third annual "U.S. Big Brother Awards" to name and shame the public and private sector individuals and organizations which have done the most to invade personal privacy in the United States in the past year. The ceremony will be held at the Cambridge Hyatt in Cambridge, Mass at the 2001 Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. Three distinctive "Orwell" statutes of a golden boot stomping a head will be presented to the government agencies, companies and initiatives which have done most to invade personal privacy. A "lifetime achievement" award will also be presented to the organization that has systematically invaded privacy over a long period of time. Previous "winners" in the United States include The Federal Bureau of Investigation, DoubleClick, The FAA's BodyScan system, the Department of Commerce and Microsoft. Positive "Brandeis" awards will be also be given out to champions of privacy. The Brandeis Award is named after US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who is considered the father of American privacy law, describing privacy as "the right to be left alone". The awards are given to those have done exemplary work to protect and enhance privacy. The judging panel, consisting of lawyers, academics, consultants, journalists and civil rights activists, are inviting nominations from members of the public. Nominations can be made directly from the site: http://www.privacyinternational.org/bigbrother/us2001/ Privacy International will post the 'most popular' current nominations on the site. More information on the Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2001 Conference is available at: http://www.cfp2001.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= About the Big Brother Awards The first awards ceremony was held in October 1998 in the United Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of the writing of George Orwell's 1984. There have now been 10 awards ceremonies in 6 countries -- US, UK, Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland and PI members and associated groups are planning events in several more countries. The International Big Brother Awards page can be found at: http://www.privacyinternational.org/bigbrother/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= About Privacy International Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from wiretapping and national security activities, to ID cards, video surveillance, data matching, police information systems, medical privacy and Freedom of Information. PI's membership includes IT specialists, lawyers, judges and journalists from forty countries. More information on PI is available at: http://www.privacyinternational.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- ------- David Banisar, Deputy Director * Banisar@privacy.org Privacy International - Washington Office * (202) 483-1217 (tel) 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200 * (202) 483-1248 (fax) Washington, DC 20009 http://www.privacyinternational.org/