Information You Submit
Names, phone numbers, or addresses entered in a search box pass to the outside provider that supplies those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of those searches. When you contact us, we receive the details in your message and use them to respond.
Automatic Technical Data
Standard hosting logs can include an IP address, browser type, pages requested, and timestamps. We review aggregated use to maintain the site and understand page traffic. Basic analytics or advertising measurement may use cookies or similar technology where applicable.
What We Do With This Data
Operating the site, fixing problems, counting traffic, improving pages. We do not sell visitor lists and we do not build profiles of individual users.
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 may depend on where you live and the type of information involved. Illinois does not have a comprehensive consumer privacy statute identified in the project research that applies here. Because little data is retained, a request generally involves checking contact mail and available server logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by Illinois, Cook County, or Evanston offices remain under the 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.