Information You Submit
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party results provider. Our servers do not retain a copy of that search. If you contact us, we use the contents of your message only to respond.
Routine Technical Data
Standard hosting logs may contain an IP address, browser type, viewed pages, and timestamps. We review aggregate patterns to maintain the service and understand page use. Cookies or comparable tools may support basic analytics and advertising measurement where used.
How the Data Is Used
Technical data supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic measurement, and page improvement. We neither sell visitor lists nor create individual visitor profiles.
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
Applicable law may provide rights to access, correct, or delete personal data held by a website. Illinois Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530/1 et seq., governs data security, breach notice, and disposal, but is not a general right to erase public records. Because we retain little information, a request normally involves checking contact messages and available logs. Use the Contact page. Records held by Illinois, Macon County, or Decatur offices remain under the relevant custodian's control.
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.