Data You Give Us Directly
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies the results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that search. When you contact us, we receive the details included in your message and use them to respond.
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.
How the Data Is Used
We use automatic data to run the site, troubleshoot problems, understand traffic, and refine content. We do not sell visitor lists or create profiles of individual readers.
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
An encrypted connection protects traffic to the site, and logs are retained only while needed for the purposes stated above. Because the site offers no user accounts, it stores no account password or user profile.
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
Applicable law may give a visitor rights to ask about, correct, or delete personal data held by a website. Illinois also requires covered entities to dispose of records containing personal information under the Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530/40. Requests here usually concern only a message or server log. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by Illinois or Will County agencies remain under the custodian's control.
Updates to This Policy
Policy revisions will appear on this page. Continued use after a revision is posted indicates acceptance of the updated policy.