Privacy Protection

Address Protection

When you take that first (very big!) step to form an entity like an LLC, it means forking over some basic information to your local state government. You’ll fill out a form that will ask for, at the minimum, the following information:

• Your business name
• Your registered agent’s name and street address
• Your principal business address
• Your organizer’s name and signature

But what if you don’t have a registered agent? Or a dedicated storefront or office space? What if your principal business address is your dining room table or your favorite coffee shop?

This is where plenty of folks make their first major mistake in business—listing their home address on the public record. Once you list your home address on the public record, it’s published online—permanently. It’s a move you can’t undo. Marketers and other bad actors are notorious for scouring government websites for your info, so they can target you.

When you hire us, we automatically list our address—a commercial business address in your state—on public documents wherever allowed. This always includes the registered agent address, which is required to be a physical street address where your registered agent is present during business hours (no PO boxes allowed).

Business Identity Services

Starting a business means talking to people—vendors, clients, customers, banks, your local municipality, and more. It means becoming searchable, as you want the right people to be able to find you. And it means creating a separate identity—your business identity—that the public can learn to recognize and trust.

Where should you start? Should you give out your personal email address and phone number to folks who are getting to know your business? Should you put your home address on your business card?

We don’t think so. Not only does it constitute a hit to your personal privacy and invite a mountain of spam your way, it also hurts your brand. Ensuring that you have professional channels of communication—a business website, email address(es), phone number, and business address—creates a credible, professional image. At Registered Agents Inc, we call this building your Business Identity. And we can help.

Data Privacy

A lot of our competitors offer rock bottom prices. If you’re wondering how they can afford to do that, we have the answer: they sell your data.

Your data, unfortunately, is a pretty valuable commodity. Marketers want to get their hands on it, so they can target you. Some companies give you the option to decline having your data sold to “trusted partners” (read: the highest bidder). But this is usually only when state laws restrict the selling of data, and you may only have the option to opt out of data sales if you live in those states.

As a company that values privacy, we knew right away we’d never sell our clients’ data. Why? It’s dishonest. When you give a company your personal information, you should be able to trust that it’s not going elsewhere, to unknown third parties. So we don’t sell data. Ever.

Who is Business Privacy For?

These days, privacy is so scarce that the desire to protect it is sometimes painted as extreme. But there are plenty of legitimate reasons to protect your information.

Here are some real examples of business owners we’ve helped protect.

• Victims of harassment, abuse, or stalking.
• Full-time employees who don’t want their employer to know they’re starting a new business.
• Landlords who want tenants to contact a property management company.
• Celebrities and influencers who don’t want fans or stalkers showing up at their home.
• Business owners operating out of their home who want to protect their families.

A good registered agent should protect your privacy.

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