French BIG BROTHER AWARDS 2000, Paris, December 16

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The French BIG BROTHER AWARDS 2000 on December 16.
http://www.bigbrotherawards.eu.org/

Paris, 17 november 2000. -- The first french Big Brother Awards will
be bestowed at a special event on 16 December in Paris. "Voltaire"
awards will also be given to individuals and organisations which have
made an outstanding contribution to the protection of privacy, as
well as to people who have been victims of privacy invasion. An open
"Orwell Party", during the zeligConf, european meeting of digital
counter-cultures, will host the ceremony. Simon Davies, director of
Privacy International, will attend to the parisian's Orwell Party.
The awards will be judged by a panel of experts, comprising lawyers,
academics, consultants, journalists and civil rights activists.

Each year, the members and affiliated organizations of Privacy
International present the Big Brother Awards to the government and
private sector organizations which have done the most to threaten
personal privacy in their countries. Big Brother Awards are presented
to the government agencies, companies and initiatives which have done
most to invade personal privacy. A "lifetime achievement" award is
also presented. Awards are also be given to individuals and
organizations which have made an outstanding contribution to the
protection of privacy. Big Brother Awards have already been delivered
in the United Kingdom (1998, 1999), USA (1999, 2000), Austria (1999,
2000), Switzerland and Germany (2000), and next year in Nederlands
and Australia.

Privacy International (PI) was formed in 1990 as a non-government
watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasion. The organisation 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 :
french Big Brother Awards' website : http://www.bigbrotherawards.eu.org/
+ email bigbrotherawards () internatif org
+ Big Brother Awards International:
http://www.privacyinternational.org/bigbrother/
+ zeligConf . http://www.samizdat.net/zelig/
+ Public forum:
http://www.samizdat.net/bbs/list.php?f=6
+ Press contacts: jt () freenix fr, jmm () free fr, aris () samizdat net

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