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Are you sure you didn't tick the "Yes, send me information about related campaigns box"? Because this is what their privacy statement reads:

"When we give you an opportunity to voluntarily submit information about yourself, we may give you the option of indicating that you permit us to share that data with other parties such as coalition partners or specific legislators. We will not share your data with such parties unless you have indicated that you permit us to do so."

https://www.aclu.org/american-civil-liberties-union-privacy-...

Because you are making a strong accusation: "they shared my data without my consent"

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> Are you sure you didn't tick the "Yes, send me information about related campaigns box"? Because this is what their privacy statement reads:

My donation happened more than 10 years ago (probably closer to 15), so who knows what their privacy stance was then. Quoting their current one certainly doesn't shed any light onto that.

In any case, while the fact that they shared my info was annoying, it also wasn't the point I was getting at. My point was: they chose to lump themselves in with unrelated left-wing causes by sharing my data, and I'm unhappy they chose to make civil liberties seem like a left/right thing by doing that.

It can be checked using the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20020802064342/http://www.aclu.o...

> However, the names and postal addresses of ACLU members, ... may be exchanged or rented to other organizations ... > members who join through the ACLU Freedom Network website are provided with an opportunity to opt out of this exchange.

That's from 2002 and they have similar paragraphs in all their updated privacy statements. But that's a moot point I guess, because your complaint wasn't that your data was shared.

I think the point being made is that the people who his information was shared with leaned toward one political affiliation.

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