Information You Submit
A third-party provider receives names, phone numbers, or addresses entered in a search box. Our servers do not retain those queries. When you send a message, we use its contents only to respond.
Information Collected Automatically
Normal hosting logs can record an IP address, browser type, page request, and time. Aggregate review helps maintain the service and measure page use. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and advertising measurement where used.
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 Privacy Choices
Privacy rights depend on the law that applies to you. The research found no enacted comprehensive Illinois consumer-data deletion or universal opt-out statute as of August 23, 2026; pending bills are not treated as law. Because we retain little data, a request normally concerns contact mail or server logs. Use the Contact page. Illinois, Lake County, and Village public records remain under their custodians' own statutes and correction rules.
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.