Personally, I use a ghost address in Spain’s Canary Islands, as do many of my friends. However, any foreign address will do as long as it is a legitimate address where incoming letters can either be sent on to you or scanned and transmitted via e-mail.
1. HOME PRIVACYTo keep your home address private, never include it on your letterheads or business cards. However, you may need to include a mailing address in case someone decides to send you a letter (or a check!). Therefore, list your foreign
ghost address.
2. VEHICLE PRIVACYTitle your car in the name of a limited liability company and give the LLC a “principal place of business” in a foreign land. If you later lend your car to someone who gets a serious citation (such as for outrunning the police!) and doesn’t tell you, at least it will not be traced back to you.
3. MAIL PRIVACYForeign mail (such as from a Muslim country or from a bank in Liechtenstein) may draw undesired attention to you. Therefore, have all such mail sent to your foreign address. It can then be scanned and e-mailed to you.
PRIVACY BONUSIf you list a principal place of business overseas,
a U.S. subpoena demanding all records cannot be served at that address.
Labels: canary islands, foreign address, foreign mail drop, ghost address, overseas mail, secret mail
Privacy blog post by JJ Luna at 12:04 AM
