diff --git a/dist/core/abstract-resume.js b/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
index b2227bf..ce0e81e 100644
--- a/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
+++ b/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Definition of the AbstractResume class.
       traverse = require('traverse');
       ignoreList = [];
       privateList = [];
-      includePrivates = (opts != null ? opts["private"] : void 0) == null ? true : opts != null ? opts["private"] : void 0;
+      includePrivates = opts && opts["private"];
       scrubbed = traverse(rep).map(function() {
         if (!this.isLeaf) {
           if (this.node.ignore === true || this.node.ignore === 'true') {
diff --git a/dist/core/fresh-resume.js b/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
index c7d2886..6632689 100644
--- a/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
+++ b/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
      */
 
     FreshResume.prototype.parseJSON = function(rep, opts) {
-      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed, that;
-      that = this;
-      ref = this.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
-      extend(true, this, scrubbed);
+      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed;
+      if (opts && opts.privatize) {
+        ref = this.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
+      }
+      extend(true, this, opts && opts.privatize ? scrubbed : rep);
       if (!((ref1 = this.imp) != null ? ref1.processed : void 0)) {
         opts = opts || {};
         if (opts.imp === void 0 || opts.imp) {
diff --git a/dist/core/jrs-resume.js b/dist/core/jrs-resume.js
index 5b4e5e2..be078ad 100644
--- a/dist/core/jrs-resume.js
+++ b/dist/core/jrs-resume.js
@@ -71,11 +71,12 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
      */
 
     JRSResume.prototype.parseJSON = function(rep, opts) {
-      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed, that;
+      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed;
       opts = opts || {};
-      that = this;
-      ref = this.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
-      extend(true, this, scrubbed);
+      if (opts.privatize) {
+        ref = this.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
+      }
+      extend(true, this, opts.privatize ? scrubbed : rep);
       if (!((ref1 = this.imp) != null ? ref1.processed : void 0)) {
         opts = opts || {};
         if (opts.imp === void 0 || opts.imp) {
diff --git a/dist/verbs/convert.js b/dist/verbs/convert.js
index cedd0a3..f3e4806 100644
--- a/dist/verbs/convert.js
+++ b/dist/verbs/convert.js
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
     var rez, rinfo, srcFmt, targetFormat;
     rinfo = ResumeFactory.loadOne(src, {
       format: null,
-      objectify: true
+      objectify: true,
+      inner: {
+        privatize: false
+      }
     });
     if (rinfo.fluenterror) {
       this.stat(HMEVENT.beforeConvert, {
diff --git a/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee b/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
index 575f846..13ce00c 100644
--- a/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
+++ b/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class AbstractResume
     traverse = require 'traverse'
     ignoreList = []
     privateList = []
-    includePrivates = if not opts?.private? then true else opts?.private
+    includePrivates = opts && opts.private
 
     scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map () -> # [^1]
       if !@isLeaf
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class AbstractResume
 module.exports = AbstractResume
 
 
-# [^1]: As of this writing, the NPM traverse library has a quirk when attempting
+# [^1]: As of v0.6.6, the NPM traverse library has a quirk when attempting
 # to remove array elements directly using traverse's `this.remove`. See:
 #
 # https://github.com/substack/js-traverse/issues/48
diff --git a/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee b/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
index 6bc91ce..28b89e5 100644
--- a/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
+++ b/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ class FreshResume extends AbstractResume
   ###
   parseJSON: ( rep, opts ) ->
 
-    # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
-    that = @
-    { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
+    if opts and opts.privatize
+      # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
+      { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
 
     # Now apply the resume representation onto this object
-    extend( true, @, scrubbed );
+    extend true, @, if opts and opts.privatize then scrubbed else rep
 
     # If the resume has already been processed, then we are being called from
     # the .dupe method, and there's no need to do any post processing
diff --git a/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee b/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee
index 42551a9..e7b2835 100644
--- a/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee
+++ b/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ class JRSResume extends AbstractResume
   ###
   parseJSON: ( rep, opts ) ->
     opts = opts || { };
-    # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
-    that = this
-    { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
+    if opts.privatize
+      # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
+      { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
 
     # Extend resume properties onto ourself.
-    extend true, this, scrubbed
+    extend true, this, if opts.privatize then scrubbed else rep
 
     # Set up metadata
     if !@imp?.processed
diff --git a/src/verbs/convert.coffee b/src/verbs/convert.coffee
index 9fdebc1..00272bf 100644
--- a/src/verbs/convert.coffee
+++ b/src/verbs/convert.coffee
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ _convert = ( srcs, dst, opts ) ->
 _convertOne = (src, dst, idx) ->
 
   # Load the resume
-  rinfo = ResumeFactory.loadOne src, format: null, objectify: true
+  rinfo = ResumeFactory.loadOne src,
+    format: null
+    objectify: true,
+    inner:
+      privatize: false
 
   # If a load error occurs, report it and move on to the next file (if any)
   if rinfo.fluenterror