Privacy in South Carolina for first responders
What state law protects, what still leaks, and what we sweep beyond it.
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- S.C. Code Ann. §30-2-510 — Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection Act (LEPPPA): active and former certified officers, corrections officers, and judges can demand removal of personal contact information from any state or local government website.
- S.C. Code Ann. §30-2-710 — Judicial Personal Privacy Protection counterpart, amended by 2025 Bill 3736 to broaden coverage and strengthen the removal process.
Applicable laws
What protects you in South Carolina
South Carolina's main lever is the Law Enforcement Personal Privacy Protection Act (LEPPPA) under S.C. Code Ann. §30-2-510, paired with the Judicial Personal Privacy Protection Act at §30-2-710. Both were strengthened by Bill 3736 in 2025. If you're an active or former certified officer, corrections officer, or judge, you can demand that any state or local government website take down your home address, home phone, and other personal contact information.
The mechanics: complete the formal request form produced by the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, get it notarized, and submit it to each agency that publishes the data. Once the form is on file, the agency has to redact those fields from its public-facing site.
The state's Address Confidentiality Program under S.C. Code Ann. §16-25-130 exists, but it's targeted at domestic violence and stalking victims. Officers aren't categorically eligible.
What still leaks
- County property records. LEPPPA covers government websites that publish your contact info. Deeds, tax appraisals, and mortgage filings recorded with county registers of deeds aren't part of the same removal flow. The brokers scrape them.
- Voter rolls. South Carolina has no officer-specific voter confidentiality designation. Your registration record is fair game for commercial brokers buying state voter data.
- Out-of-state brokers. Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified, and the rest don't honor LEPPPA. They source from out-of-state aggregators and commercial feeds, and they keep publishing your address regardless of what SC agencies do.
Laws that work for you here
- S.C. Code Ann. §30-2-510 (LEPPPA) — the core protection. File a notarized request form with each agency holding your records. Active and former certified officers, corrections officers, and judges qualify.
- S.C. Code Ann. §30-2-710 — judicial counterpart, amended by 2025 Bill 3736. Same form-and-file process.
- S.C. Code Ann. §16-25-130 (ACP) — substitute-address program for domestic violence and stalking victims. Not officer-specific, but worth knowing if your situation qualifies.
What we sweep that the state doesn't
LEPPPA shuts the agency-website path. We handle the brokers. We file opt-outs across 200+ people-search sites that publish your home address regardless of state law and re-check every two weeks because re-listings happen. The state form takes care of the SC government layer. The broker layer is what actually shows up when someone searches your name, and that's where we operate.