My friend stated that he could not understand why my Liscense plate # was blurred out, and I said that it was probably for privacy matters or laws put in place my the government or by google to ensure as much privacy as possible and in perfect Herrick fashion he sends me this response:
(NAMES, DATES, & DOLLAR AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED)
Names, addresses and phone numbers that are published in phone directories are sold in bulk to companies that resell the information over the internet.
Deeds showing transfers of title to real property (e.g., grant deeds, quit claim deeds, trust deeds, reconveyances, etc.) are recorded in the public records of the county where the property is located and indexed under the names to the grantor and grantee. These public records show the date of transfer of title, property address and name of the new owner.
States keep public "vital registry" records with your birth name, birth date, birth place, names of your parents, marriages, divorces, death, etc.
States and counties sell this public info in bulk to companies that resell it over the internet. By joining your name and birthdate from the public vital records registry to your name and address from phone books, assessor's property tax roles or recorded real property deeds, these companies attempt to match your name and address and sell them over the intenet.
It's all legal because the information being sold comes from public sources.
Whenever you join almost any an internet service, e.g., FB, the company that provides the service sells links to your profile data, posts, photos, etc. to internet search engine services, such as Yahoo and Google.
Google updates it's maps from satellite data it buys from the companies that own or lease the satellites.
In your FB, you make no secret of your name and that you live in San Diego with Eddy. From that little bit of info, anyone can search San Diego County's public records to determine your street address. This can be done in person (for free), by mail (for a fee), or over the internet (for free).
The county's internet service holds real property deeds recorded since 1982: http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.
From a quick search of the county's free, public internet databases, I found the following the real property document summaries:
Eddy is the owner of record of (123 Brooks Ave), He got title from Gaven on (2022). Possibly by quit claim. Can't tell without examing the deed.
Based on the current assessed value of ($100,000), the transfer value on (2023)must have been around ($000,000)
An entry for a trust deed recorded in (2022) from (John) to (Bank of Idaho) indicates (Eddy) did a re-fi in (1824).
The assessed value is ($100,000). Eddy's property tax bill is ($4,000), with the 1st installment is due (1899)
If you buy a house, the only way to keep your name out of the public records is to take title in another name, such as a corporate entity. The catch is that if you need to borrow to buy the house, then unless the corporation can show sufficient income of it's own, the lender is almost certainly going to require you to borrow in your own name and take title in your own name.
And I assume that was with very little effort on my friends part, now as creepy as that is he has a valid point, with just a click and a little research you can find just about anything on anyone if you just go on the web.
My advice to all whom think that they are safe from prying eyes, think again...anytime you register on a site or create a user name on a site or put any info on a site for that matter , just think twice whether your infomation is truyly safe.
And I assume that was with very little effort on my friends part, now as creepy as that is he has a valid point, with just a click and a little research you can find just about anything on anyone if you just go on the web.
My advice to all whom think that they are safe from prying eyes, think again...anytime you register on a site or create a user name on a site or put any info on a site for that matter , just think twice whether your infomation is truyly safe.
