The French Big Brother Awards are held in Paris since 2000. Companies, persons or organizations win those awards when they stand out by breaching rights of privacy or trying to control individuals.

Here is their motto

Government agencies and private companies are increasingly violating the privacy of people everywhere. Enormous amounts of personal data are being collected, stored and processed - often illegally - in the pursuit of more efficient marketing, greater social control, and more powerful mechanisms for monitoring of the citizen.

Fighting crime by committing one appears to be the future solution for law enforcement agencies in the information society of the 21 century. But - who watches the watchmen?

The juries worldwide consist of lawyers, academics, consultants, journalists, civil right activists…

8ème cérémonie des Césars de la surveillance
March 21th at 7 pm
Espace Confluences
190 Bd de Charonne
Paris 75020
M° Alexandre Dumas

Websites :
confluences.net
BigBrotherAwards.org