Privacy International yesterday announced the winners of its Big
Brother Awards 2003, the fifth year that the privacy group has run
its competition to name those who it considers "the most persistent
and egregious privacy invaders in Britain."
"Most Invasive Company" was Capita, the company behind many of
the government's most controversial surveillance and data
management schemes.
Tony Blair picked up the "Lifetime Menace Award" because of "his
active involvement in the government's attack on civil
liberties."
"Most Appalling Project" was the Government's Performance and
Innovation Unit's data sharing sheme.
Privacy International's Director, Simon Davies, said the award
winners reflected the "prolonged and vicious" attack on the right
to privacy. He said privacy invasion in Britain has become "a vast
industry that threatens the rights of everyone in Britain".
