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Brian Kenety|19.01.2012

And the Big Brother Award goes to …

A Czech NGO focusing on defending human rights and individuals’ right to privacy has pointed an accusing finger at the Ministry of Health, calling it the biggest ‘long-term spy’ and presenting the Big Brother Award over its revamping of national health registers, which the group, Iuridicum Remedium, says violates privacy in the way data is processed and kept.

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Brian Kenety|02.12.2011

WikiLeaks’ ‘Spy Files’ point finger at Czech firm Phonexia

Do you use an iPhone, BlackBerry or Gmail? “Well, you’re all screwed,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said this week, unveiling the whistleblower’s new ‘Spy Files’ project, which purports to expose how the private sector is making a fortune in global surveillance by developing high-tech gadgets allowing governments to track their citizens’ private communications. The Czech firm Phonexia is among the “collaborators.”

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