Information You Provide
A name, telephone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies results. Our servers do not retain a copy of those search terms. If you email us, we receive the contents of your message and use them to respond.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, the host records routine log data such as IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and timestamps. We review it in aggregate for site operation and page-use trends. Cookies or comparable tools may support basic analytics and, when applicable, advertising measurement.
How We Use Information
We use this limited information to operate the site, diagnose problems, measure traffic, and improve the reference pages. We do not sell visitor lists or create individual visitor profiles.
External Websites
The site links to town, county, and state records portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search tools. Those destinations govern information you submit there under their own policies. The same is true of sponsored search results supplied by a third party.
Who May Process Information
Hosting and support providers process server logs for site operations. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. We disclose information only when valid legal process requires disclosure.
Data Security
The site uses an encrypted connection and retains logs only for the purposes described here. Because there are no accounts, it does not hold a visitor password or profile. New York’s SHIELD Act, General Business Law § 899-bb and related breach-notification provisions, requires covered businesses to use reasonable safeguards for private information; it does not require a public custodian to remove a lawful record from its files.
Visitors Under 18
This site is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from people under 18. If you believe a minor provided information to us, contact us so it can be removed.
Your Information Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to seek access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data a website holds. Because this site keeps very little, a request ordinarily involves the contact mailbox and available logs; use the Contact page to ask. Government records are different: New York FOIL, Public Officers Law Article 6, §§ 84-90, including § 87 and the response framework in § 89(3)(a), governs agency access and exemptions. Requests about an official record belong with its custodian, not this private site.
Policy Updates
We will post any revision to this policy on this page. Continued use after a posted update signifies acceptance of the revised policy.