Shielding signers from this breach of privacy is therefore desirable. A subsequent signer would then have access to the private information of a previous signer which could allow, at the least, a subsequent signer to breach the privacy of a former signer or, at worst, to commit identity theft.Īn existing problem for notary public users occurs when a subsequent signer recognizes a previous signer and takes note of the previous document notarized, which reveals private financial, legal, or confidential information to the third party subsequent signer. Traditionally, subsequent signers could see all of a previous signer's information.
Such is journal entries include the signer's name, address, driver's license information, title of the notarized document(s), and signature. BACKGROUNDĪ notary public uses a notary journal to record notarized documents. This invention relates generally to the field of notary journals or signed registers in which entries are desired to be kept confidential from subsequent signers. The notary privacy guard of claim 2, further comprising a second sleeve so that both pages of an open journal or book may be covered.
The notary privacy guard of claim 1, further comprising a second sleeve so that both pages of an open journal or book may be covered.Ĥ. A notary privacy guard, comprising: a substantially flat sleeve, having at least two broad faces joined on at least two adjacent sides, and at least one face of the sleeve being substantially opaque while leaving the bottom and right sides of the two faces unjoined, wherein the sleeve can slip over two sides and a corner of a journal to selectively cover any amount of the open journal.ģ.
A notary privacy guard, comprising: A first face substantially opaque having at least four sides A second face having at least four sides and A sleeve formed by joining two adjoining sides of the first face with corresponding two adjoining sides of the second face into which two sides and a corner of a book can be slipped while leaving the bottom and right sides of the two faces unjoined wherein the sleeve can slip over two sides and a corner of a book to selectively cover any portion of the open journal.Ģ.