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On 28 January 2009, Access to Information Programme and EDRi-member Internet Society - Bulgaria organized the fourth Big Brother Awards ceremony in Bulgaria. It was held at the National Press center of the Bulgarian News Agency and was also broadcasted live online.

The awardees of the Big Brother Award were selected by a jury with the following members:

• Alexander Kashumov - Head of AIP legal team
  
• Gergana Jouleva, PhD - Executive Director of AIP
  
• Georgi Lozanov - Ass. Professor at the Journalism Department at the Sofia University
  
• Krasimir Dimitrov - Member of the the Data Protection Commission
  
• Fany Davidova - Lawyer at AIP
  
• Dessi Greve - Project Manager, Internet Society Bulgaria
  

During 2008 several public and private institutions have become particularly notorious for violating privacy rights in Bulgaria: The Ministry of Interior, State Agency on Information Technologies and Communication, the State Agency for National Security, the Social Support Agency, Metro Cash and Carry Bulgaria, the Chain store 2be, M-tel mobile operator, the United Bulgarian Bank and CEZ Distrubution Bulgaria were among the nominations this year.

The winner of the Big Brother Award 2009 became the Ministry of Internal affairs for a systematic violation of the privacy of life in 2008.

Photos from the ceremony (28.01.2009)
http://www.aip-bg.org/big_brother_2009_pics.htm

BBA Bulgaria 2009 (only in Bulgarian)
http://bg.bigbrotherawards.org/

Live broadcast BBA Bulgaria 2009
http://www.bta.bg/site/bg/html/03services.shtml

(contribution by EDRi-member ISOC Bulgaria)