? about legality of State selling personal info

[NadaHappyCamper]

About a year ago I applied to the state gov't. for a business license. It seems that the state has sold or given away my information to sites like "Manta,""yahoo," "Yellobot," you get the idea. This seems to be a tad less then legal. My question is 2 part:
1; is it illegal ? if so
2; what can be done?

[Fear Itself]

Business licenses are a public record. There is no expectation of privacy for a business license. Anyone can request a copy of your business license, and the state is required to provide it.

[NadaHappyCamper]

Thank you for that "Fear Itself," or may I call you "Fear," anyway I can see that your correct, guess I should have realized that myself. Anyway thank you again for your perspective and Happy Holiday.

[drachillix]

Originally Posted by Fear Itself

Business licenses are a public record. There is no expectation of privacy for a business license. Anyone can request a copy of your business license, and the state is required to provide it.

Here in my hood, we can actually go to the hall of records and for a small fee they will drop you a CSV file of all business licence filings for up to the last year onto a CD.

[NadaHappyCamper]

Is there a way to have my info, i.e. name address and telephone number removed from the internet?

[Duckster]

Originally Posted by NadaHappyCamper

Is there a way to have my info, i.e. name address and telephone number removed from the internet?

You can try this but the real answer is , ... no.