Data You Give Us Directly
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party company providing those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that query. When you contact us, we receive the details you choose to include and use them only to answer.
Data We Gather Automatically
Standard hosting logs may record an IP address, browser type, requested pages, and timestamps. We review aggregate patterns to maintain the service and understand page use. Basic analytics and advertising measurement may also rely on cookies or comparable technology.
What We Do With This Data
We use this limited data to operate the service, diagnose faults, measure traffic, and improve content. We neither sell visitor lists nor create individual reader 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 Data Rights
Privacy rights vary by residence and may include access, correction, or deletion of personal data held by a website. The research did not identify a comprehensive Illinois consumer-privacy statute applicable here, so this statement remains general. Because we retain little, a request usually means checking contact messages and available logs, then removing responsive data when required. Use the Contact page. Illinois, county, and Collinsville records remain under their official custodians' 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.