privacy

Surveillance Advertising & Children's Health 06/02/2021

Jeffrey Chester of Center for Digital Democracy discusses "Big Food, Big Tech and the Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic" along with the social implications of surveillance advertising which pervades our online life. This in-depth interview looks at how digital technologies undermine democratic values, erode privacy and threaten human rights.

The Center for Digital Democracy’s mission is to ensure that digital technologies serve and strengthen democratic values, institutions and processes. CDD strives to safeguard privacy and civil and human rights, as well as to advance equity, fairness, and community.

Press Conference: Attorney General Donovan Announces Lawsuit Against Data Broker 03/10/2020

The Attorney General announces the filing of a lawsuit and a motion for preliminary injunction against a data broker start-up for violations of the Vermont Consumer Protection Act and the Data Broker Law. Vermont’s Data Broker Law went into effect last year and was the first law of its kind in the country. The State’s claims supported by the Data Broker Law will be one of first impression for the Court.

The defendant’s violations relate to the collection and sale of biometric data of Vermonters, including children. The complaint includes claims involving civil liberties and a right to privacy.

VT State House - Privacy Protection - Public Hearing 10/21/2015

Public Hearing - October 21, 2015

Senator Bernie Sanders: Town Meeting on on the NSA and Our Constitutional Rights of Privacy 02/01/2014

Sen. Sanders host a town meeting in Montpelier on the NSA and our constitutional rights of privacy.

Digital Media at the Crossroads with Jeff Chester 09/02/2011

Jeff Chester is the Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy based in Washington D.C. He spoke on September 22 2011 at CCTV's 6th Annual Nonprofit Luncheon about how tracking works and how to protect yourself. The event was co-hosted with Common Good Vermont and the United Way of Chittenden County.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): David Goodman: Data Aggregation and Privacy 10/30/2010

David Goodman delivered the keynote address at ACLU-Vermont's Annual Meeting on October 30, 2010.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!