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146: 138: 122: 470: 25: 236:, managing director of the London-based Privacy International to recognize "the government and private sector organizations which have done the most to invade personal privacy in the United States." The awards were given in five categories: Greatest Corporate Invader, Lifetime Menace, Most Invasive Program, People's Choice, and Worst Public Official. 130: 224:– on 14 April 2005 in Seattle, Washington. They had previously been hosted in Berkeley, California, on 12 April 2004; New York City on 3 April 2003; San Francisco, California, on 18 April 2002; and Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 7 March 2001. The first annual US Big Brother Awards were made at the 179:. They are awarded yearly to authorities, companies, organizations, and persons that have been acting particularly and consistently to threaten or violate people's privacy, or disclosed people's 225: 425: 511: 391: 540: 314: 42: 108: 89: 233: 61: 248: 46: 68: 535: 274: 195: 75: 545: 504: 329: 57: 550: 35: 199: 161:) recognize "the government and private sector organizations ... which have done the most to threaten 555: 175: 497: 530: 170: 399: 82: 433: 334: 306: 284: 279: 266: 253: 162: 145: 298: 228:
in Washington, D.C., on 7 April 1999, the 50th anniversary of the publication of Orwell's
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The United States' most recently hosted its Big Brother Awards – also known as the
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The following countries have their own version of the Big Brother Awards:
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issues and related alarming trends in society, especially in
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The German Big Brother Awards are organized and hosted by
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The awards are intended to draw public attention to
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