mugshot.com I called and emailed them to remove my mugshot from the internet. They refuse to. The are using forms of extortion to remove the mugshot and my birthday and legal name. Internet, Florida

If you would have used the magic words Public Records you who have avoided the arrest. Saying Public Records in the USA is like kryptonite they loose all logical thought and reasoning.

They issuance of public record voids it from public records.

Does the Drivers Privacy Protection Act 18 U.S.C. 2721 et. seq. apply to the use personal information being display on the internet from this site?
 
This is the link : http://www.accessreports.com/statutes/DPPA1.htm

Below is listed in the Drivers Privacy Protection Act.

Section 2725. Definitions

(3) "personal information" means information that identifies an individual,including an individual's photograph, social security number, driver identification number,name, address (but not the 5-digit zip code), telephone number, and medical or disabilityinformation, but does not include information on vehicular accidents, driving violations,and driver's status.


Section 2724. Civil action

(a) Cause of Action -- A person who knowingly obtains, discloses or uses personalinformation, from a motor vehicle record, for a purpose not permitted under this chapter shall beliable to the individual to whom the information pertains, who may bring a civil action in a UnitedStates district court.
 

INTERPOL
http://www.interpol.int/Forms/Contact_INTERPOL

Criminal Resource Manual 1663 Protection Of Public Records and Documents. The taking of a public record or document is prohibited by 18 U.S.C. 641.

DOJ. Retrieved from http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01663.htm

18 USC 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
(2) intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains
(C) information from any protected computer;


18 USC 641 Public money, property or records
Whoever embezzles, steals, purloins, or knowingly converts to his use or the use of another, or without authority, sells, conveys or disposes of any record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, or any property made or being made under contract for the United States or any department or agency thereof;

Whoever receives, conceals, or retains the same with intent to convert  it to his use or gain, knowing it to have been embezzled, stolen,  purloined or converted

18 USC 1028A - Aggravated identity theft 
Whoever, knowingly transfers (steals), possesses, or uses (website),  without lawful authority, a means of identification (mugshots) of another person shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years.


18 USC 2319 Criminal infringement of a copyright & 17 USC 506 Criminal offenses
For the purpose of commercial advantage (website) and private financial gain (money).

Governmental Prima Facie Evidence of name and likeness copyright:
State Certified Birth Certificate, State Drivers License, Passport and  other government documents and records created to identify and validate name and likeness.


18 USC 2261A Stalking
(2) with the intent
(A) to kill, injure, harass, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person in another State or tribal jurisdiction or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or
(i) that person;

18 USC 1584 - Sale into involuntary servitude
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully holds to involuntary servitude or sells into any condition of involuntary servitude, any other person for any term, or brings within the United States any person so held, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2007
Intentionally obtains (steals/screen scraps), or transmits (internet) to another person information with the intent to defraud (unpublish/repair reputation).

18 USC 875 - Interstate communications
Transmits (internet) communication interstate (world wide web) with the intent to injure reputation to extort (unpublish/repair reputation).

18 USC 873 Blackmail
Whoever, under a threat of informing, or as a consideration for not informing, against any violation of any law of the United States, demands or receives any money or other valuable thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

18 USC 1962 - Prohibited activities
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person through a pattern of racketeering activity or through collection of an unlawful debt to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise which is engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce.

18 USC 880 - Receiving the proceeds of extortion
A person(s) who receives, possesses, conceals, or disposes of any blackmail (unpublish/repair reputation) money.

Bizarre Logic and Reasoning
If kidnappers called the ransom amount the returning person fee would it bedazzle the system again? If the kidnappers rationalized their acts with the same logic would the system be mystified by them? Reasoning,  they had to go through the hassle of kidnapping someone hence they are entitled to the returning person fee (Ransom Money).

If blackmailers called the extortion amount the unpublish/reputation repair fee would it bedazzle the system? Further, if the blackmailers rationalized their acts with the same logic would the system by mystified be them? Reasoning, they had to go through the hassle of stealing government property, identity theft, stalking people, holding people to involuntary servitude, injuring their reputation,

Source(s):
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/contact.html?ref=menuside

What companies like this do is to troll the PUBLIC arrest records, and create sites like this one (there are several). They get their information legally -- it is in the public domain.  Is it extortion?  Pretty much, but it's not illegal.  The bad thing is you could pay them to remove it, and another site could put it back out there. 

It stinks, but there's nothing you can do.