Data You Give Us Directly
A name, telephone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party company that supplies those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that search. A direct message reveals only the information included in it, which is used to answer.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our hosting keeps ordinary server logs: IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and timestamps. We look at this in aggregate to keep the site healthy and to see which pages readers use. Cookies or similar technologies may support basic analytics and, where applicable, advertising measurement.
What We Do With This Data
Collected data is used to run the service, diagnose faults, measure general traffic, and improve content. Visitor lists are not sold, and individual user profiles are not created.
Links to Other Websites
Links lead to county and state portals, archives, library collections, and outside search services. Information submitted after leaving this site is governed by the destination's policy. Sponsored results are supplied by an independent company under its own practices.
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
This service is intended for adults, not children. If a person under 18 sends personal information and we learn of it, a contact request can be used to have that material deleted.
Your Data Rights
Privacy rights vary by jurisdiction. Illinois has specific protections under the Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530, and the Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14; the research found no enacted comprehensive state law creating a universal data-broker opt-out. Because this site keeps little data, a request generally means checking contact messages and server logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Records held by Illinois, Cook County, Will County, or Park Forest remain under the control of those custodians.
Updates to This Policy
Revisions will appear on this page. Continued use after a revision signals acceptance of the new policy.