The Big Brother Award recognizes " the government and private sector organizations ... which have done the most to threaten personal privacy". It is awarded by Privacy International[?]. It is named for the George Orwell character Big Brother from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The following countries have their own version of the Big Brother Award:
... the more specific uses of the term, the most common include:
1. A supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
2. In the UK, a believer in ...