22 Apr 2016 Hechelei Bielefeld

BigBrotherAwards 2016

Time for Change

This BBA gala shines with illustrious guests. Former Federal Minister for Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger delivers a guest speech. Representatives of petition platform change.org accept their award in person – in contrast to IBM, Berlin’s public transport company BVG, the interior secret service (called “Protection of the Constitution”) and the Generali insurance. In the much-liked Newspeak category, an award is given to the German word “Datenreichtum” (literally: data opulence / data maximisation).

The (unfortunate) Awardees 2016

Collage: Zwei Spitzel mit Hut auf der Linken Seite. Rechts daneben eine Art Sticker vom „Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz“. Im Hintergrund eine Straße.

Bild: Collage von Digitalcourage, Grafik von AJ Cann (CC-BY-SA 2.0, Quelle), Hintergrundfoto von Espen Sundve (CC-BY-SA 2.0, Quelle)

Lifetime Achievement (2016)

The Interior Secret Service, “Protection of the Constitution”

The interior secret service known as “Protection of the Constitution” receives a Lifetime BigBrotherAward just as it reaches the official retirement age, for 65 years of violating civil and privacy rights. The “Protection of the…

Laudator.in

Dr. Rolf Gössner

Image:Christiaan Colen (Hintergrundbild)CC-BY-SA 2.0 Source

Consumer Protection (2016)

Generali insurance

The Generali insurance company is awarded the BigBrotherAward 2016 in the category Consumer Protection because it promises advantages to the insured if they use an app to transfer their fitness data and shopping behaviour to the…

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padeluun

Eine schwarze Datenkrake mit der Aufschrift "change.org". In den Tentakeln hält sie diverse Logos sozialer Medien (Facebook, Twitter, E-Mail). Im Hintergrund blauer Binärcode.

Image:Christiaan Colen (Hintergrundbild)CC-BY-SA 2.0 Source

Economy (2016)

Change.org

US company and campaign platform change.org receives the BigBrotherAward 2016 in the Economy category for its business model of marketing personally identifiable information of signatories together with their political statements…

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Prof. Dr. Peter Wedde

Image:Mary Evans (Hintergrund)CC-BY-SA 2.0

Technology (2016)

Berlin’s Public Transport Company (BVG)

BVG, the Public Transport Company in Berlin, receive the BigBrotherAward 2016 in the Technology Category for the “VBB Fahrcard”, a contactless chipcard also known as “(((eTicket”.

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Rena Tangens

Image:Dan Farber CC-BY-NC 2.0 Source

Workplace (2016)

IBM Germany

IBM Germany receives the BigBrotherAward 2016 in the “Workplace” Category for the software “Social Dashboard”, which allows companies to control and evaluate their employees' social behaviour. “Social Dashboard” uses metadata from…

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Frank Rosengart

Viele Kabel, die miteinander verbunden sind. Emojis als Knotenpunkte mit einer Dollar-Zunge.

Bild: Collage von Digitalcourage, Foto von Alina Grubnyak (Unsplash-Lizenz, Quelle)

Newspeak (2016)

“Datenreichtum”

The BigBrotherAward 2016 in the Newspeak category goes to the word “Datenreichtum” (data opulence / data maximisation).

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Martin Haase Kai Biermann

Detailaufnahme einer roten Ampel mit Pfeil nach links.

Image:Martin Lux Public Domain

Reprimands & Commendation (2016)

Reprimands

Again this year we received more nominations than the number of awards we can give. Some of these nominees deserve to be reprimanded at least: Prostitutes Protection Act (Prostituiertenschutzgesetz), Google Impact Challenge and…

Zwei Personen im Profil, die sich angucken. Dazwischen ein Hörsaal mit vielen Menschen (schwarz-weiß).

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Reprimands & Commendation (2016)

Honourable mention: Jan Philipp Albrecht & Team

Jan Philipp Albrecht is the EU politician thanks to whom we now have a real chance for data protection in Europe. For this, he and his team deserve words of praise at the 2016 BigBrotherAwards.

Das Publikum während der BBAs 2016 auf Stühlen mit Blickrichtung zur Bühne.

Image:Mischa Burmester CC-BY 3.0

Audience Award (2016)

Absolute Majority

At the end of the BigBrotherAwards gala 2016, we gave our audience their say as usual. Our guests could et us know in a vote which of the awards they found especially “impressive, surprising, shocking, or outrageous”. The result…

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