Information You Submit
A name, telephone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third party providing those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that search. If you contact us, we receive the information in your message and use it to respond.
Information Collected Automatically
Standard server logs may include an IP address, browser type, pages requested, and timestamps. We review aggregate activity to maintain the service and understand page use. Basic analytics and advertising measurement may rely on cookies or similar technologies where applicable.
What We Do With This Data
Operating the site, fixing problems, counting traffic, improving pages. We do not sell visitor lists and we do not build profiles of individual users.
Links to Other Websites
We link out to county and state records portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search tools. Their privacy policies, not ours, govern what you submit there. That is especially true of the sponsored search results, which a third-party company provides.
Who Might See Your Data
The service providers that host and support the site process server logs for us. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. We disclose data when a valid legal process requires it, and not otherwise.
How We Protect Your Data
The site runs over an encrypted connection and logs are kept only as long as the purposes above need them. There are no accounts here, so no password or profile of yours exists on this site to be exposed.
Users Under 18
The site is meant for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18; if you believe a minor has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data maintained by a website. Illinois's Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530, addresses security and breach notification but does not create a universal public-record deletion right. Because we retain little data, a request generally involves checking the contact mailbox and server logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Records held by Illinois, Cook County, or Maywood offices remain under the custodian's control, including access governed by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140.
Updates to This Policy
Any change to this policy will be posted on this page. Using the site after a change means you accept the updated version.