Private Family Records Notice
Chahua family · United States
Where the name comes from
Our family descends from the royal line of the Inca. We carry the name with pride, and we do not shorten it, soften it, or apologize for how it sounds — because it took courage and will for our family to keep this name alive, when the conquistadors forced our people to take theirs.
We also carry what comes with it. The name has drawn a second look where another name would have drawn none. Members of our family have met a caution that had nothing to do with anything they had done. Bias of that kind is almost never said out loud, which is precisely what makes it hard to answer in the moment.
So we answer it with the record. The Inca kept their accounts on khipu — knotted cords in which the position and depth of every knot carried a fact that could be read back years later, by anyone who knew how. We keep ours in the same spirit: what was handed over, to whom, on what date, under what terms. Where there is a record, there is accountability. Where there is none, there is only whose word carries more weight, and we have learned not to rest anything on that.
What this site is
chahua.us belongs to the Chahua family, residing in the United States.
Schools, clinics, hospitals, insurers, childcare providers, government offices, and employers all ask our family for identity documents — birth certificates, Social Security cards, medical records, proof of residency. We provide them when they are genuinely required. What we do not do is hand over an anonymous copy that could later appear anywhere with no way to trace where it came from.
Every copy we release is marked, numbered, logged, and tied back to this domain. If a document of ours surfaces somewhere it should not be, the number on it identifies which organization held it.
The law already on our side
These statutes apply to organizations that hold our records whether or not anyone signs anything. Our procedure exists to make them enforceable in practice — by showing who held what, and when.
15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.
Governs who may access a consumer report and for what purpose. § 1681c-2 requires a credit bureau to block information resulting from identity theft within four business days of receiving an identity theft report.
It also provides for free security freezes, including for children, and for extended fraud alerts.
18 U.S.C. §§ 2721–2725
Restricts disclosure of personal information held in motor vehicle records. § 2724 creates a private right of action with liquidated damages of $2,500 per violation.
20 U.S.C. § 1232g
Gives parents the right to inspect their child's education records, to request correction, and to opt out of directory-information disclosure. Schools generally may not condition enrollment on providing a Social Security number.
45 C.F.R. Parts 160 & 164
Limits use and disclosure of protected health information. § 164.522 allows a patient to request restrictions on disclosure, and requires a provider to honor a request to withhold information from a health plan when the service is paid out of pocket in full.
15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506
Requires verifiable parental consent before an online service collects personal information from a child under 13, and gives parents the right to review and delete what was collected.
15 U.S.C. §§ 6801–6809
Requires financial institutions to explain their information-sharing practices, to honor opt-outs where offered, and to maintain a written information security program safeguarding customer data.
Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 et seq.
Gives California residents the right to know what personal information a business collects, to delete it, to correct it, to limit use of sensitive personal information, and to opt out of sale or sharing.
A business must pass these obligations on to its service providers and contractors.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82
Requires notice to affected residents in the most expedient time possible when unencrypted personal information is acquired by an unauthorized person.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.150
Where a business failed to maintain reasonable security and personal information was exposed, a consumer may recover statutory damages between $100 and $750 per incident, without proving actual loss.
Cal. Penal Code § 530.5
Makes it a crime to willfully obtain and use another person's identifying information for any unlawful purpose, without that person's consent.
18 U.S.C. § 1028A
Carries a mandatory two-year federal sentence, served consecutively to the sentence for the underlying offense.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.29 & 1785.11.2
State agencies are subject to the same breach-notice duty as businesses, and California law provides for credit freezes placed by a parent or guardian on behalf of a minor.
Reservation of rights
The personal information of the Chahua family is our own. We share specific documents with specific organizations for specific purposes, and nothing about that sharing gives any organization permission to use, retain, or pass on that information beyond the purpose it was given for.
Records requests, destruction confirmations, corrections, and breach notices all go to one address.
family@chahua.us