Stop Doxing

Vermont

Official Vermont programs that can help protect your privacy, and where to find legal help. Each program decides who qualifies, so check its page for the details.

New to this? Start with what doxing is.

Keep your home address private

Safe at Home, run by the Vermont Secretary of State, gives participants a substitute post office box address in Montpelier. First-class mail and legal papers sent there are forwarded to them at no cost.1

  • State and local government agencies must accept the substitute address for public records, with some exceptions. Private companies don't have to, but many will if asked.12
  • It is for Vermont residents who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, and for people providing or seeking reproductive or gender-affirming health care. Adults can apply, and a parent or guardian can apply for a child.1
  • You can apply online. An application assistant can help you, but you don't need one.12

Go to Safe at Home (sos.vermont.gov)

Help for victims of crime

The Victims Compensation Program, part of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services, may help eligible victims of crime with certain costs that other sources have not paid, such as medical bills, funeral costs, and lost wages. The program decides who qualifies.3

Go to Victims Compensation (ccvs.vermont.gov)

Find a lawyer

This site does not give legal advice. For advice about your situation, talk to a licensed Vermont lawyer.

  • The Vermont Bar Association runs a Lawyer Referral Service. Referrals are free; the first consultation has a small fee.4
  • If you have a low income, you may be able to get free legal help. The Vermont Bar points people to VTLawHelp, a statewide legal help service run by Vermont Legal Aid and Legal Services Vermont, and to Vermont Free Legal Answers, a free online legal advice service.5

Find a lawyer referral service (vtbar.org)

Find free legal aid (vtlawhelp.org)

See which data brokers are registered in Vermont

Data brokers are businesses that collect and sell information about people they don't have a direct relationship with. In Vermont, they must register with the Secretary of State each year. The Secretary of State has a public search of registered data brokers.6

  • It is a list. The state's data broker page does not offer a way to opt out or to ask brokers to delete your information.6
  • It only includes businesses that registered. Businesses you deal with directly, such as stores you buy from, are not data brokers under this definition.6

Search registered data brokers (bizfilings.vermont.gov)

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Sources

  1. Vermont Secretary of State. "Safe at Home Address Confidentiality Program." sos.vermont.gov
  2. Vermont Secretary of State. "Safe at Home FAQs." sos.vermont.gov
  3. Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services. "Eligibility" (Victims Compensation). ccvs.vermont.gov
  4. Vermont Bar Association. "Find a Lawyer." vtbar.org
  5. Vermont Bar Association. "Pro Bono/Legal Services." vtbar.org
  6. Vermont Secretary of State. "Data Broker" (Business Services, Other Filings). sos.vermont.gov