BigBrotherAwards 2003
Up one levelImpressions of the gala
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Communications
T-Online AG a German Internet Service Provider, for storing the IP adresses of customers with flat rate contracts
Government Authorities
The government of the USA for the coercion of European and especially German airlines into granting various US authorities access to the vast amount of data related to the bookings of all passengers travelling to or via the United States
Regional
for his more than dubious justification for the use of the so-called "silent SMS" by Berlin police
Work
Deutsche Post-Shop-GmbH for questionable components of working contracts with the employees of post agencies
Politics
Federal States Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia for their efforts, riding on the issue of fighting terrorism, to tighten their states' police laws, allowing for drastic restrictions of elementary basic rights and liberties affecting a large number of unsuspicious people
Consumer Protection
Future Store Initiative, Metro AG for for their "Future Store Initiative" in which the Metro Group is propagating the use of transponders or so-called RFIDs ("Radio Frequency Identification" devices) in super markets
Lifetime Award
GEZ ("fee withdrawal centre") for their untiring engagement in the relentless detection of public radio and TV licence fee dodgers