Information You Submit
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third party supplying those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of the query. If you contact us, we use the details in your message only to address it.
Automatic Technical Data
Standard hosting logs may contain an IP address, browser type, viewed pages, and timestamps. Aggregate review helps maintain the service and understand page use. Basic analytics and 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
Rights to access, correct, or delete data vary by jurisdiction. Illinois currently has no comprehensive consumer deletion statute identified in the project research; the Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530, addresses breach notice and safeguards rather than a general deletion right. Because little is kept here, we can check the contact mailbox and available logs when a request arrives. Use the Contact page. Public records held by Illinois, Cook County, or Melrose Park remain under their 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.