Big Brother Watch is a non-profit non-party British civil liberties and privacy campaigning organisation. It was founded in 2009 by Matthew Elliott to campaign against state surveillance and threats to civil liberties. 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.