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U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and database billionaire Larry Ellison were named this year's most notorious American violators of personal privacy by leading advocacy groups on Thursdday.

The annual ``Big Brother Awards'' are presented to government, corporations and private individuals who allegedly have done the most to threaten personal privacy.

Hey, not everyone is asleep about privacy.