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Big Brother Awards Awarded at CFP 2001

Privacy International unveiled the Big Brother and Brandeis Awards at the 2001 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts last week. The "winners" of the Big Brother Award included the FBI, Choicepoint, and the National Security Agency. Evan Hendricks and Julie Brill were honored with Brandeis Awards for their efforts to protect privacy.

Big Brother 2001 Awards, Privacy International Web Site.
Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference.
Privacy forum to focus on crime, free speech, CNET, March 6, 2001.
Hail to Privacy at Confab, Wired, March 7, 2001.