Common Suspects

In the course of the shooting of this film, the journalist Jan Čáp gets into a number of situations in which his right to privacy can be violated. He asks questions about the purpose of the introduction of new biometric passports and most of all about the reason for storing fingerprints in electronic chips. During his strenuous visits to all kinds of offices he finds out that there is always a way to circumvent the new measures. What is their purpose anyway? The 30-minute film is the outcome of the Big Brother Awards project, meant to draw attention to risks related to the breaching of people's privacy.

The screening is followed by discussione with organizators [Big Brother Awards]http://bigbrotherawards.cz/index.html) on danger of the new technologies, biometric ID, contactless chips, Internet and video surveillance.