Information You Submit
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies the results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that search. When you contact us, we receive the details included in your message and use them to respond.
Information Collected Automatically
Standard server logs may record an IP address, browser type, pages visited, and timestamps. Aggregate log data helps maintain the service and identify which pages are useful. Cookies or comparable tools may be used for basic analytics and, when applicable, advertising measurement.
What We Do With This Data
We use the limited data to operate the service, correct faults, measure traffic, and improve content. Visitor lists are not sold, and individual user profiles are not created.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Adams County or Illinois portals, library collections, archives, and outside search services. Each outside operator's privacy policy controls data submitted there. Sponsored search results are also furnished by a third party.
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
Rights to access, correct, or delete stored personal data may depend on where you live. Illinois' Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530, governs safeguards and breach notice for covered personal information; it is not a general right to erase public records. Because we retain little data, a request generally involves checking the contact mailbox and available server logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Records held by Illinois, Adams County, or Quincy custodians remain outside our control, so correction or removal requests must go to the office that holds them.
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.