Consumer Protection

Detailaufnahme eines Gesichts (Nase-Mund-Partie) von einer Person mit einem Headset.
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Consumers (2008)

ADM

The BigBrotherAward 2008 in the “Consumers” category goes to the Work Group of German Market and Social Research Institutes (Arbeitskreis Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstitute e.V., ADM), represented by its chairman Mr…

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Karin Schuler
Ein Marriott-Hotel in Singapur bei Nacht.
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Consumer Protection (2007)

Hotel Chains

The BigBrotherAward 2007 in the “Consumer Protection” category goes to the international hotel chains in Germany, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental (representing many others), for their collection and centralised storing of…

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Rena Tangens
Collage aus einen Wörterbucheintrag zum Wort "insurance" (linke Bildhälfte) und einer Familie betehend aus zwei Elternteilen und einem Baby (rechte Bildhälfte).

Bild: Alan Cleaver (links – CC-BY 2.0, Quelle), David Amsler (rechts – CC-BY 2.0, Quelle)

Consumer Protection (2006)

GDV

The award in this category was well earned by the German Insurers’ Association for its “warnings and indications” database, which insurers use to exchange substantial amounts of data about millions of citizens — with undisclosed…

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Rena Tangens
Blick auf eine Menge Fußballfans mit Deutschlandfahnen vor einer grißen Leinwand.
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Consumer Protection (2005)

FIFA World Cup 2006

The organising committee for the soccer World Cup within the German football association (Deutscher Fussballbund, DFB) - represented by Mr Franz Beckenbauer earns a BigBrotherAward for the inquisitorial questions asked in ticket…

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Rena Tangens
Leuchtwerbung der Metro Group für die "Future Store Initiative".
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Consumer Protection (2003)

Metro AG

The Future Store Initiative, Metro AG receives an BigBrotherAward 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…

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Rena Tangens Frank Rosengart
Schaufensterfront einer Tchibo-Filiale.
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Business & Consumer Protection (2004)

Tchibo

The BigBrotherAward in the "Business and Consumer Protection" category goes to Tchibo for the practice of forwarding their customers' data to the marketing company Arvato / AZ Direct.

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Frank Rosengart
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The BigBrotherAwards are an international project: Questionable practices have been decorated with these awards in 19 countries so far.