Brandeis Award (privacy)
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The Brandeis Award given by Privacy International
recognizes "those who have done exemplary work to protect and champion privacy
." Privacy International also gives the Big Brother Award
to those organizations perceived as major threats to privacy. (In his 1928 dissent to Olmstead v. United States
, Brandeis famously defined privacy as "the right to be left alone.")
Recipients include the following:
Privacy International
Privacy International is a UK-based non-profit organisation formed in 1990, "as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations." PI has organised campaigns and initiatives in more than fifty countries and is based in London, UK.-Formation, background and...
recognizes "those who have done exemplary work to protect and champion privacy
Privacy
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively...
." Privacy International also gives the Big Brother Award
Big Brother Awards
The Big Brother Awards recognize "the government and private sector organizations ... which have done the most to threaten personal privacy".They are named after the George Orwell character Big Brother from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.-Countries:...
to those organizations perceived as major threats to privacy. (In his 1928 dissent to Olmstead v. United States
Olmstead v. United States
Olmstead v. United States, , was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the Court reviewed whether the use of wiretapped private telephone conversations, obtained by federal agents without judicial approval and subsequently used as evidence, constituted a violation of the...
, Brandeis famously defined privacy as "the right to be left alone.")
Recipients include the following: