The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont [ACLU VT]

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is freedom's watchdog, working in the courts, legislatures, and communities to defend individual rights and personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Learn How To Protect Your Privacy Online!

When you learn, share, shop, and connect online, a lot happens behind the scenes that companies and the government don't want you to know. The sites that you visit can collect detailed information about you -- your interests, politics, relationships, and more. This information can be shared, sold, or handed over to the government -- without a warrant.

Look behind the curtain to see what's really happening to your personal info. See what you can do right now to take back control and keep details about your private life from being used and abused.

Who Will Hold Government Responsible When There Are No More Newspapers?

Newspapers’ disappearance, largely unimaginable five years ago, has become real as papers large and small have been threatened by online competition and hit by the economic recession. The press is government’s watchdog. It helps citizens exercise their right “to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The existence of a free press is taken for granted. But if the press as we know it disappears, will democracy be the same? That's the question award-winning journalist and former Newsday editor Anthony Marro addressed at the ACLU-VT annual meeting. You can watch his talk below.

Other recent ACLU videos (on You Tube):

(Please note that by playing these clips, You Tube will place a long-term cookie on your computer. Please see You Tube’s privacy statement on their web site to learn more. To view the National ACLU’s privacy statement, click here.) You can also go directly to You Tube to view the videos there.

	Want to know what the government knows about you? File a FOIA. Here's how.
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Great Response To Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad February 4, 2010 Lots of talk about the anti-choice ad that’s scheduled to air during this Sunday’s Super Bowl. For the pro-choice perspective, see the great response sponsored by Planned Parenthood on YouTube. Former college and professional football player Sean James and Olympic gold medalist Al Joyner are featured.
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Support The ACLU

The ACLU is facing a major shortfall this year due to a single past donor’s losses in financial markets. The story is well-known, and the fear is real that the important work we do will have to be trimmed. That’s a danger to civil liberties. As the well-known political commentator Glenn Greenwald noted in a recent post on Salon.com, “It is not hyperbole to say that, over the past decade, there has been no organization more important to the United States, the Constitution, and basic political liberties than the ACLU.” Here’s the full Greenwald post:

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Items of Interest

Thought and Expression in a Changing World -- View video online at blip.tv of the presentations at our 2009 civil liberties conference on how the First Amendment fits in a world transformed by technology. Conference background.

Privacy rights -- where do they come from?
Read the full memo on privacy that's the backgound for a "Focus" piece in a recent ACLU "Defender" newsletter.

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