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Are there any laws protecting a home owner from having their personal information posted on a county property tax appraiser's website? Down in south Florida, we've just had a situtation where a couple owned their home. Their information and property information and personal tax information was gleaned from the public records online and a scam artist filed a forged quit claim deed signing over the house to himself for $1, his name was similar to the original homeowner. Only the middle names were different. It costed them $4000 in legal fees and over a year to get their house back and yes, the scammer is in jail. but all of this could have been avoided if personal information was protected. I am a soon to be homeowner and Disabled vet, I am quite concerned about this and I wanted to know what if anything I can do to protect myself and prevent my information from being put out there?