The Privacy Playbook
Privacy is architecture, not a product. This serialized playbook walks you through the whole design — how to think about structure, choose the right entities, build a domestic privacy stack, run holding companies, keep operational discipline, and avoid the mistakes that quietly undo it all. Read it in order, chapter by chapter.
Why Privacy Is Architecture, Not a Product
Privacy isn't something you buy. It's something you build. This chapter explains why structure matters more than any single service — and how to think about privacy as a design problem.
The Domestic Privacy Stack
A complete breakdown of the U.S.-based privacy infrastructure that works for most people. State selection, entity types, registered agents, EINs, and how they connect.
Entity Selection Doctrine
LLCs aren't the only option. When to use LLCs, when to consider other structures, and how entity type affects your privacy architecture.
Holding Company Rules
When and how to use holding companies in your privacy structure. The NM + WY pattern, liability isolation, and when adding a holding company actually helps.
Operational Privacy
Your LLC is only as private as your habits. This chapter covers the daily practices that maintain privacy — or destroy it.
The Deadly Mistakes
The errors that undo privacy structures. Veil piercing, commingling, fraudulent transfer, and the operational failures that courts actually penalize.
Put the playbook into practice
Browse the vetted directory to find the right tools, or run a free check on your own exposure.