At the end of the day your name isn't considered private information by jsut about any government so I dont see why this is a particular problem.

To run a background check etc you 1 have to legally proclaim your the person running it if its a personal check and 2 need more information than just a name!

Sure some quick facebooking could probably get you the infromation you needed but still jsut having your name shown on a forum shouldnt cause any security threats unless your info is in the public domain to be tied with it.