Big Brother Watch is a non-profit non-party British civil liberties and privacy campaigning organisation. It was launched in 2009 by founding director Alex Deane to campaign against state surveillance and threats to civil liberties. It was founded by Matthew Elliott. The organisation is headquartered in the China Works building, Vauxhall, London, and previously at 55 Tufton Street, London. The name "Big Brother Watch" originates from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in 1949.