Data You Give Us Directly
Search-form entries such as a name, phone number, or address are submitted to the third-party provider that supplies the results. We do not retain a copy of those searches on our servers. A message sent to us contains the information you choose to include, and we use it to respond.
Automatically Collected Data
Hosting services may create routine logs with an IP address, browser type, viewed pages, and times of access. We review aggregated information to maintain the service and understand general use. Cookies or comparable tools can support analytics and, where used, advertising measurement.
What We Do With This Data
We use this information to run and repair the service, measure general traffic, and improve the reference material. We do not sell visitor lists or create profiles of individual visitors.
Links to Other Websites
Links lead to county and state portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search tools. Once you follow one, that provider's privacy policy controls the information you submit. The same is true for sponsored results supplied by another company.
Who Might See Your Data
Companies that host or support the service may process logs for us, and analytics or advertising providers can receive the automatic data described above. We disclose information only when valid legal process requires it.
How We Protect Your Data
The service uses an encrypted connection and keeps logs only for the period needed for the uses described here. There are no user accounts, passwords, or personal profiles maintained by this site.
Users Under 18
This service is intended for adults, not children. We do not knowingly gather personal information from people under 18. If a minor has sent information to us, contact us so it can be removed.
Your Information Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to ask about access, correction, or deletion of data held by a website. New York's Personal Privacy Protection Law, Public Officers Law Article 6-A, governs certain personal information maintained by state agencies; it does not give this private reference control over agency records. Because we keep very little, a request usually means checking the contact mailbox and server logs and removing what we find. Use the Contact page to ask. A public record held by a New York, Rockland County, or local office must be addressed to its own custodian.
Updates to This Policy
Revisions will be posted here. Continuing to use the service after a revision means you accept the updated policy.