Information You Submit
A name, telephone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the outside provider that supplies those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of the query. When you contact us, we receive the contents of that message and use them to respond.
Technical Data Collected
Standard hosting logs may record an IP address, browser type, requested pages, and timestamps. Aggregate review helps maintain the service and measure page use. Cookies or comparable tools may support basic analytics and advertising measurement when present.
How Information Is Used
Information supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic measurement, and editorial improvements. We neither sell visitor lists nor create individual visitor profiles.
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
Some jurisdictions grant rights to inspect, correct, or delete personal data held by a website. Illinois Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530, addresses security, disposal, and breach notice for defined personal information, but it is not a general right to erase public records. Because this site retains little visitor data, a request normally involves checking contact messages and available logs. Use the Contact page. Records held by the Village of Machesney Park, Winnebago County, or Illinois remain under the control of the original custodian.
Updates to This Policy
Revisions will appear on this page. Continued use after publication of a revision indicates acceptance of the updated policy.