Simon Davies
Simon Davies is an expert in privacy security and data protection. He has worked in more than 20 countries on issues ranging from identity cards to military surveillance. He directs Privacy International, a non government organization based in Washington, D.C., that has members in more than 40 countries. Davies is also the founder of the Big Brother Award, a price granted to oganizations and individuals for comitting particularly flagrant violations of the right to privacy. He is moreover a visiting fellow in the Computer Security Research Center of the London School of Economics and a visiting fellow of law in the University of Essex. Davies has also been a consultant adviser to numerous government, professional and corporate bodies, including the British Medical Association, the United Kingdom Department of Social Security, the Ontario Privacy and Information Commissioner and Telecom Australia.