The anti-privacy and data protection “Big Brother Award”, which has been awarded by the digitalcourage association for years, has this year been awarded to the German Federal Police in the Authorities & Administration category. The reason is the everyday practice of racial profiling, in which people are controlled by the police without suspicion on the basis of racist screening. Among other things, the laudation calls for mandatory anti-racism training for the police, as well as a legal ban on police checks based on external characteristics.