Information You Submit
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the outside provider supplying those results. Our servers do not retain the query. If you contact us, we receive the details in the message and use them to answer.
Automatic Technical Data
Standard hosting logs may include an IP address, browser type, viewed pages, and time stamps. Aggregated data helps diagnose faults and measure page use. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and advertising measurement where applicable.
Reasons We Use Data
Technical data supports site operation, error repair, traffic counts, and page improvements. We do not sell visitor lists or build individual user 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
Applicable law may grant rights to access, correct, or delete personal data held by a website. Illinois protections include the Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530. Because little visitor data is retained, a request generally means checking contact messages and available logs. Use the Contact page. Public records held by Illinois, Cook County, or Blue Island remain under those 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.