​Confidentiality / Privacy

The Confidentiality Institute – founded to ensure that advocates and agencies that serve survivors all have access to easy-to-use, customized toolkits and training to meet the unique challenge of protecting survivors' confidentiality and privacy, Fort Collins, CO.

Electronic Privacy Information Center – a public interest research center, established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values, Washington, DC.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse – a nonprofit consumer organization with a two-part mission – consumer information and consumer advocacy, San Diego, CA. See Customer Identification Programs for Financial Transactions.

State Address Confidentiality Programs – provides a substitute post office box address and free mail forwarding service for participants. ACP is a safety tool and intended as one step in an overall safety plan. It is neither a witness protection program nor a guarantee of safety.
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ARIZONA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Phoenix, AZ.
CALIFORNIA – Safe at Home, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, CA.
COLORADO – Address Confidentiality Program, State of Colorado, Denver, CO.
CONNECTICUT – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Hartford, CT.
IDAHO – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Boise, ID.
INDIANA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN.
KANSAS – Safe at Home, Office of the Secretary of State, Topeka, KS.
KENTUCKY – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY.
LOUISIANA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, LA.
MAINE – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Augusta, ME.
MARYLAND – Safe at Home, Office of the Secretary of State, Annapolis, MD.
MASSACHUSETTS – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Chelsea, MA.
MINNESOTA – Safe at Home, Office of the Secretary of State, St. Paul, MN.
MISSISSIPPI – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS.
MISSOURI – Safe at Home, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO.
MONTANA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Helena, MT.
NEBRASKA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Lincoln, NE.
NEVADA – Confidential Address Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Carson CIty, NV.
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Concord, NH.
NEW JERSEY – Address Confidentiality Program, Trenton, NJ.
NEW MEXICO – Confidential Address Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Santa Fe, NM.
NEW YORK – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY.
NORTH CAROLINA – Address Confidentiality Program (statute and summary), Office of the Attorney General, Raleigh, NC.
OKLAHOMA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK.
OREGON – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Salem, OR.
PENNSYLVANIA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Victim Advocate, Harrisburg, PA.
TEXAS – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX. Read brochure.
VERMONT – Safe at Home: Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, VT.
VIRGINIA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA.
WASHINGTON – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Olympia, WA.
WEST VIRGINIA – Address Confidentiality Program, Office of the Secretary of State, Charleston, WV.