Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in California

I live in California where I bought my primary residence a couple of years ago. A website run by a real-estate company on the East-Coast freely discloses a list of recent transactions to the public. That list includes my name and the address of the property I bought, which happens to be my residential address.

I emailed them requesting that they remove the personal information but they replied that they obtained the information from Public Records and so, they are within their rights to make that information freely available.

When I bought my primary residence, I never agreed to forgo my rights to a private home. What are my options in this case?


Asked on 3/07/15, 7:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Perry Law Offices of Charles R. Perry

Information that is in the deed and other papers recorded at the time of your purchase are publicly available. People have no legally recognized privacy interest in the information in those papers.

If the information published is indeed in the public record, there is no recourse.

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Answered on 3/08/15, 1:19 am


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