Privacy in Vermont for first responders

What protects you in Vermont

Vermont gives officers little at the state level. There is no enacted broker-removal law, no officer-specific public-records opt-out, and no property or voter protection built for the job. Here is what does and does not apply.

Address confidentiality (Safe at Home). Vermont's Safe at Home program, under 15 V.S.A. §1152, gives a substitute address to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, and to certain reproductive and gender-affirming health care providers and patients. Being a law enforcement officer does not by itself qualify you. If you also fall into one of those categories, you may be eligible.

Public-records exemptions. Vermont's Public Records Act has two exemptions officers sometimes hear about. 1 V.S.A. §317(c)(5) covers certain criminal investigation records. Section 317(c)(7) covers personal documents, including personnel files. Neither keeps your home address out of property records, voter rolls, or the broker sites that publish it. They are general exemptions, not a first-responder opt-out.

Broker-removal statute. In 2025 the Vermont House passed H.342, a bill that would have let covered public servants send data brokers a written notice to stop publishing their home address and other personal details, with a 15-day window to comply. Covered persons would have included current and former judges, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, public defenders, and certain agency staff, along with their immediate families. The bill is similar in concept to New Jersey's Daniel's Law, which lets covered officers demand that data brokers stop publishing their home address. H.342 stalled in the Senate and did not become law. A similar bill could return, so confirm the current status before relying on it. Until something passes, Vermont officers have no state statute that forces brokers to remove their information.

What still leaks

1. County property records. Deeds and tax assessment records are public, and Vermont has no officer-specific redaction. A search of town land records can tie your name to the address where your family lives.
2. Voter rolls. Vermont's voter checklist is a public record. There is no officer confidentiality designation to suppress your registration address.
3. Out-of-state brokers. Spokeo, Whitepages, and other people-search sites publish your address from national data, regardless of what Vermont law says.

Laws that apply here

• Federal DPPA (18 U.S.C. §§2721-2725): limits how state DMVs, including Vermont's, can share the name, home address, and other details on your license and registration. It restricts DMV disclosure but does not remove data brokers already hold.
• Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act (Lieu Act): lets federal judges who live in Vermont demand removal of their personal information from data brokers. It does not cover state or local officers.
• 15 V.S.A. §1152 (Safe at Home): substitute-address program for survivors of stalking, domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking. Not officer-categorical.
• H.342 (broker-removal bill): passed the Vermont House in 2025, did not become law. No removal right is in force today.

What we do

The state layer is thin, so the work runs through the broker layer: the people-search sites that publish your address from national data, no matter what Vermont does. That is where someone starts when they want to find you, and that is where we operate.

We scan those sites, file opt-outs on the listings we find, and keep checking, because removed records often reappear. We handle most of the process, and we tell you clearly when a site needs something from you to finish a removal. No service can take a record down once and keep it gone, so the work is ongoing.