Information You Submit
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the outside provider that supplies those results; our servers do not retain a copy of the query. When you contact us, we receive the contents of that message and use them to answer.
Information Collected Automatically
Routine hosting logs may include an IP address, browser type, viewed pages, and timestamps. Aggregate patterns help diagnose faults and show how the guide is used. Basic analytics and advertising measurement may also rely on cookies or comparable technology.
How the Information Is Used
Information supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic measurement, and page improvements. We neither sell lists of visitors nor create individual visitor 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 Data Rights
Iowa Code chapter 715D, the Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act, may give an Iowa consumer rights concerning personal data controlled by a covered business, including access, deletion, portability, and appeal rights subject to the law's scope and exceptions. Because we retain very little, a request generally means checking the contact mailbox and available logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records kept by an Iowa state, county, or city office remain under that custodian's control, so correction or removal requests for those records must go there.
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.