Data You Give Us Directly
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the separate provider that operates the results. Our servers do not retain a copy of those searches. When you contact us, we receive the information in your message and use it to respond.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our hosting keeps ordinary server logs: IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and timestamps. We look at this in aggregate to keep the site healthy and to see which pages readers use. Cookies or similar technologies may support basic analytics and, where applicable, 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 Data Rights
Visitors may ask to access, correct, or delete personal information this service keeps. Because the service keeps very little, a request generally involves checking the contact mailbox and applicable server logs, then removing what is found. Send a request through the Contact page. Minnesota government records are controlled by their custodian under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, not by this private reference.
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.