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  1. #11
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    Default Re: Maintain Confidentiality on Public Records

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    I sell USML items to the US military and its allies. Items that our unfriendly's would love to get their hands on. So yes, I think it would be in mine and your best interest that my private information not be allowed to be public.
    Well, firstly you are inflating your importance greatly. Secondly, our enemies can get those items through far more means than tracking down a single dealer. So no, it's not in our best interest if you are allowed to conceal information that the public is legally entitled to.

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    Google your name and phone number. Jokers with a computer can data mine any visible websites, and repost that information.
    Done. No results linking back to me.

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    I never understand why you can't just get straight answers or feedback on forums, it's always people that want to add their two cents.
    Because forums are open to the public and any member can comment on any thread. IF you want direct, limited feedback....go pay a lawyer. It is what you are going to have to do anyway.

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    So you keep this stuff in your garage? I'm not sure where you see yourself as especially attractive to "unfriendlies".

    Now, my uncle, on the other hand was a high level engineer for a missile developer and manufacturer (he worked specifically on missile guidance systems) He was under constant surveillance by, at least, our government (phones "tapped"; people physically surveilling). He suspects some of the people he knew to be surveilling him were "unfriendlies" but since he was never contacted or kidnapped, he was never sure. Anyway, the US government surely would have done something to keep his info secret (especially given this was at the height of the Cold War with the USSR) but alas, his name appeared in public records just like everybody else's.

    Anyway, if your name is connected to your business and somebody really wants to find out anything about you, they already can. If nothing else, there is good old fashioned PI work. While your name attached to a property may make things easier, if somebody wants you for some reason, they will find you. Heck, if you are that important, the unfriendlies already have a dossier on you and are watching you at this very moment.


    But anyway; given your reasoning, you surely have a lawyer, or several, on speed dial. Is there a reason you haven't hit their number yet?

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    Unfortunately you don't know what type of business I own, so it's very hard for you or anyone to say that.

    Bottom line, I don't want my information visible to any yahoo that can do a google search. That's my private information, and should not be allowed for anyone to see it. The state of Florida is a joke, you can view if someone owns a business, property, marriage, auto, etc.

    Then people are curious why identity theft is so high.
    And you don't think it is in the public's best interest to be able to determine who owns a business, some piece of property, who got married, owns any particular car, etc.? All of those are of concern of the general public and are public records for a reason. I could go through and give an example of why each of them should be a public record but it would surely fall on deaf ears so I'll not bother.

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    Thank you all for helping greatly with the original question.

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    What you see on the Internet about finding people with all these different services is nothing to speak of compared to what is available to licensed private investigators for data mining. They have access to paid databases that in a few hours will even tell them your pant size, every place you ever lived, every person that is associated (over time) with every place you lived, every phone number you ever had, every CC you held, every utility that was in your name or the name of someone associated with you, every car and loan and mortgage you ever had, and the list goes on and on.

    The point is that no matter what your efforts are to hide from the public are, when there is a will to find you, there is also a way. And if you are a USML contractor, you must also be registered with ITAR so you could be found from those records and they are public as well.

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    Default Re: Maintain Confidentiality on Public Records

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    But a public official or police officer can have their private information concealed
    They can? Really?

    There are a FEW laws in a few states that allow us to do things like register our vehicles and our driver's licenses with the address of our departments, or conceal our home address on voter rolls, but some things - like property, for instance, cannot be. There's no blanket protection at the federal level for police and military personnel, and at the state level such protections are a patchwork of marginally effective policies.

    Until the law changed in CA, I used to know officers that would not register to vote, and who purchased property in the name of other relatives, or, in their wife's maiden name (somehow) rather than their own.

    Military and police personnel are just as likely to be found through dedicated research as anyone else.

    There are likely ways you can minimize the likelihood your address can be discovered, but there is no way to make it impossible. It all depends on how dedicated the people are to searching for you. Research is not solely about doing an online search, it can also be through the use of HUMINT. People. They can follow you, talk to people you might know, etc. There are ways to find people that do not simply include public records searches. You can minimize the potential for discovery, but you cannot eliminate it.

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    Guess what... I used to sell USML to US and foreign entities as well. Never had to worry about someone chasing down my personal information, I was too busy watching the bad guys coming in the front doors on our corporate web site.

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    I think I finally figured out who you really are Ron

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