Big Brother Watch

Big Brother Watch is a non-party British civil liberties and privacy campaigning organisation. It was launched in 2009 by founding director Alex Deane to campaign against state surveillance and threats to civil liberties. It was founded by Matthew Elliott and Silkie Carlo is the Director.
The organisation campaigns on a variety of issues, including: The rise of the surveillance state, police use of oppressive technology, freedom and privacy online, the use of intrusive communications interception powers, including the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and the Investigatory Powers Act, the protection of personal information and wider data protection issues.