Is there a link,on/off line, where a person's personal info can be tracked and leaked maliciously?

Question

in my area there is a person who is publically and widely stigmatized whenever he/she leaves the house. the public treats this person like a criminal. someone actually makes sure they khow whre this person is at all times and follows to places of busness, residents, etc to spread derogatory information. out of curiosity, i have met this person a few times. i found that this person has no clue this is happening. the only thing noticed is that people are rude where ever this person goes. In my own assumptios i found that this person is innocent. Now I am extremely curious. how in the world does someone track a person everywhere. they must have this poor person's social security number. even so, does that mean there is access to medical records, driving records, real time employment, all resident address? is there a spot online where people keep track of sitings of someone like a mass following of hysteria so that everyone could follow? Everyone believes this perso is dangerous

Answer 1

Your description appears to be a little far fetched but there may be something in your area that shows photos of s*x offenders, tells you where they live, sometimes where they work, etc.  If it's a small community then I'm sure word spreads far and fast and everyone keeps an eye open on a specific person.

A social security number doesn't give you access to everything.  If you've ever done an online credit check you'll know it takes more than simply a social security number to access that.

Just because you believe this person is innocent based on experience and "chatting" with them doesn't necessarily mean that they are.  Not long ago a man was found in Las Vegas who escaped from a prison many many years before.  he created a new life, name, family etc....no one wanted to believe he had a prior life with a criminal past but he did.  

My own advice is to be careful on who you befriend, people generally only tell you want they want you to hear...........the truth is always speculative, there is your version, another person's version and then the story in between.....