Information You Send Us
What you type into the search forms (a name, a phone number, or an address) goes to the third-party provider that powers the results; our own servers keep no copy of your searches. If you write to us, we see only what your message contains and use it to reply.
Basic Data Collected 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 That Data Is Used
Operating the site, fixing problems, counting traffic, improving pages. We do not sell visitor lists and we do not build profiles of individual users.
Privacy on Linked 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.
Limited Data Sharing
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.
Our Safeguards
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 Choices and Rights
Rights to inspect, correct, or delete website-held personal data depend on the law where a visitor lives. The Illinois Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530, chiefly addresses data security and breach notices; it does not establish a broad right to erase lawful public records. The Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq., governs requests to Illinois public bodies and does not turn this private service into a records custodian. Because little visitor information is retained here, a request usually means checking the contact mailbox and available server logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Records held by Illinois, DuPage County, Will County, or Naperville remain under each public 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.