The National Police, telecom operator KPN and Connexxion are on the short list of the Big Brother Awards each year by Bits of Freedom will be distributed. Also three politicians of the liberal party are nominated for the award.
In the category of “general government” is the AGENCY after a public vote and selection of the jury nominated because the police office spyware would bet without a clear legal basis for it. In addition, would the POLICE victims of botnets ‘hack back’. Reference here is made to the placing of warnings on cracked computers during the roll up of the Bredolab botnet. The municipality of Rhenen is nominated because it considers preventive visits to the home to perform for Queen’s day, while the Police and investigative agencies on the list because of the non-compliance of mandatory privacycontroles’.
Also three VVD politicians in the category ‘people’ are nominated. Fred Teeven, state secretary of Security and Justice, would continue to provide existing privacy legislation to weaken. Minister of HEALTH, welfare and sport Edith Schippers would, in its turn, attempted to have the controversial EPD via a private road in a restart, after a bill in the senate was killed. Afke Shares VVD-member of parliament, is nominated because of its ‘systematic privacy-unfriendly voting behaviour’.
In the category ‘companies’, KPN is nominated. The carrier came in the news because the deep packet inspection would apply to the internet traffic of its customers. This controversial technology would be the privacy of TELECOM subscribers in danger. The company is on the list; the public transport company would have worked with the police for picking up passengers with a ‘black look’ that they got out at a bus stop in affluent municipalities. Further, Facebook on the short list because they have a giant database with personal data in the hands have announced to the stock exchange.
The now bankrupt Diginotar will be given a ‘special mention’. According to Bits of Freedom has the ssl-authority the Iranian and Dutch internet users is compromised, because encrypted communication is no longer safe. The Big Brother Awards will take place on march 7, will be awarded, after a jury and the winners chosen. Last year was Trans Link Systems, the company behind the ov-chipkaart, the big winner with two awards.