Information You Submit
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the provider serving that result function; this reference does not retain a copy of the query. If you contact us, the message contents are used to respond.
Automatic Technical Data
Hosting services may record routine server-log details such as an IP address, browser type, pages requested, and timestamps. Aggregate review helps maintain the service and understand page use. Cookies or related tools may support basic analytics or advertising measurement.
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 Information Choices
You may ask about personal data this reference holds by using the Contact page. Because stored information is limited, a request generally concerns a contact message or available server-log record. New York's SHIELD Act, General Business Law §899-bb, addresses data-security obligations; it does not create a general process for removing public records. Records held by New York, Albany County, or Town of Bethlehem custodians remain under their own rules, including FOIL in Public Officers Law §§84-90.
Policy Changes
Updates will appear here. Continued use after an update means the revised policy applies.