The 2003 Awards

The first Australian BBA awards were held in September 2003.

They were coordinated with the following events:

• the 25th International Privacy Commissioners' conference
• the "Surveillance and Privacy 2003: Terrorist and Watchdogs" conference
• the formation of the Asia-Pacific Privacy Charter Council.

The winners were:

• Attorney General Darryl Williams (lifetime menace)
• the Internet Industry Association (greatest corporate invader)
• the TICA Default Tenancy Control (most invasive technology)
• Senator Chris Ellison (worst public official)

Australia was also a winner in the related 2003 international competition for the Most Egregiously Stupid Security Measure.

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