The 2001 US Big Brother Awards. Call for nominations for the four awards, which will be given at the March 7 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference in Cambridge, MA:

Worst Government Official/Most Heinous Government Organization:

A government department, ministry, or agency which has unreasonably invaded privacy
and established comprehensive programmes of surveillance. Or a government official
who has a particularlly bad record in promoting or encouraging privacy invasions.
Previous winners were the US Department of Commerce and Rep. Bill McCollum
(R-FL)

Most invasive company:

A company or other private organization based in the United States which has
demonstrated profound disregard for the privacy of either its own personnel or the
general public. The previous winners were Elensys Inc and DoubleClick.

Most Appalling Project —

private, government or a partnership — that has reached an advanced stage of
development or implementation, and which will achieve substantial intrusion into
privacy. Winners have included the FDIC’s ‘Know Your Customer and the Federal
Aviation Administration’s BodyScan system.

Lifetime Menace:

A person or organization (government or non-governmental) that has made an
extraordinary contribution to the destruction of privacy. The previous winners have been
TransUnion and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

‘ “Winners” are encouraged to attend and accept their awards.’ [via Red Rock Eaters]