Anonymity – The State of Being Not Known

When you go to your mailbox and retrieve the daily mountain of junk…do you ever wonder how those marketers got your information. When you receive junk e-mail…do you ever wonder how they got your address?  When telemarketers call at dinnertime…do you ever wonder how they got your phone number? Typically, when you offer any private information to a non-secure source, they can sell or share that information to marketing companies and those groups will exhaust every viable approach in attempts to sell you products or services. The information super highway can be a great tool; but it can also lead to serious threats concerning privacy.

You may be thinking what does this mean for people who incorporate in Delaware? Delaware offers the most privacy possible. Delaware does not require members or managers of Limited Liability Companies to disclose their names and address information like many other states. In Delaware, each LLC must maintain a “Contact Person” which may be an agent. This means that only Delaware affords you the freedom of anonymity. If your LLC is NOT registered in Delaware, anyone who researches a company name in the state where it is filed can access private names and contact data.

The same method of investigation utilized by marketing companies can unfortunately be applied by crooks and con-artists. Most businesses, especially those who collect confidential information from their clients including credit card numbers, have a responsibility to keep their information private and secure. Obviously, where you file – and who you file with – DOES make a difference. At the very least, a private filing will avoid junk marketing attempts and at the very worst – a true threat to your identity. Your business is just that: “your business”. Delaware can help to keep it that way!

At Harvard Business Services, Inc. we have a very strict policy designed to keep your data secure and private. Our servers are secure and under constant observation for intrusion. Our firewalls are the most rigid and state-of-the-art. We backup and archive our data base with off site secure vaults and we train our people not to reveal any information about our clients to unauthorized callers. At Harvard, we respect your privacy, and protect your anonymity.