Privacy International Releases "Big Brother Incorporated"
[4 December 1995]
Privacy International, a London-based non-profit,
non-government organization, has released a 150-page report entitled
"Big Brother Incorporated: a report on the international trade in
surveillance technology and its links to the arms industry." According
to a media release, the report shows how technology companies in Europe
and North America provide the surveillance infrastructure for police
and military authorities in countries such as China, Indonesia, Nigeria,
Angola, Rwanda and Guatemala. The report's primary concern is the flow
of sophisticated computer-based technology from developed countries to
developing countries, and particularly to non-democratic regimes. Privacy
International was formed in 1990 and brings together privacy experts,
human rights advocates, and technology experts in more than 40 countries,
working toward the goal of promoting privacy issues worldwide. A summary
of the report is available at ;
for further information contact Simon Davies at davies@privint.demon.co.uk.