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Universitätsgebäude Paderborn aus der Ferne.

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Regional (2004)

Paderborn University

The Dean of Paderborn University Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nikolaus Risch for the video surveillance of lecture halls and computer rooms in "his" university.

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Leuchtreklame von T-Online vor der Firmenzentrale.

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Communication (2003)

T-Online

The German Internet Service Provider T-Online AG receives an BigBrotherAward for storing the IP adresses of customers with flat rate contracts.

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Lutz Donnerhacke

George W. Bush neben zwei weiteren Person in der Seitenansicht.

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Government Authorities (2003)

The government of the USA earns a BigBrotherAward for the coercion of European and especially German airlines into granting various US authorities access to the vast amount of data related to the bookings of all passengers…

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Werner Hülsmann

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Regional (2003)

Dr. Ehrhart Körting

The winner of the regional prize of this year's Big Brother Award is the Interior Senator (minister) of the federal (city) state of Berlin, Dr. Ehrhart Körting for his more than dubious justification for the use of the so-called…

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Dr. Fredrik Roggan

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Lifetime Achievement (2003)

GEZ

The GEZ ("fee withdrawal centre") earns a BigBrotherAward for their untiring engagement in the relentless detection of public radio and TV licence fee dodgers.

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Dr. Thilo Weichert

Leuchtwerbung der Metro Group für die "Future Store Initiative".

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Consumer Protection (2003)

Metro AG

The Future Store Initiative, Metro AG receives an BigBrotherAward for their "Future Store Initiative" in which the Metro Group is propagating the use of transponders or so-called RFIDs ("Radio Frequency Identification" devices) in…

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Rena Tangens Frank Rosengart

Obere Bildhälfte: Mehrere Polizeiautos. Untere Bildhälfte: Einschlag eines Flugzeuges in das World Trade Center.

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Politics (2003)

Federal States

The Federal States Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia earn a BigBrotherAward for their efforts, riding on the issue of fighting terrorism, to tighten their states' police laws, allowing for drastic…

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Dr. Rolf Gössner

Mehrere Personen stehen in einer Warteschlange vor einem Schalter der Deutschen Post.

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Workplace (2003)

Deutsche Post-Shop

The Deutsche Post-Shop-GmbH earns a BigBrotherAward for questionable components of working contracts with the employees of post agencies.

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Rena Tangens

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In a compelling, entertaining and accessible format, we present these negative awards to companies, organisations, and politicians. The BigBrotherAwards highlight privacy and data protection offenders in business and politics, or as the French paper Le Monde once put it, they are the “Oscars for data leeches”.

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The BigBrotherAwards are an international project: Questionable practices have been decorated with these awards in 19 countries so far.