Czech police, Finance Ministry and Mattel given Big Brother Awards

The Czech Ministry of Finance, along with the Czech police have been selected for this year’s Big Brother award, handed out by the Iuridicum Remedium civic association to companies and institutions who spy on their employees. The police received the price for its automatic vehicle monitoring system used for recording car movement and other data on the drivers, which the police keep on record for many months for no justifiable reason. In the private sector, the Mattel toy manufacturer was awarded the prize for its Hello Barbie doll, which uses voice recognition technology to record and analyse children’s speech.