Information Submitted Directly
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies those results. Our own servers do not retain a copy of those searches. Messages sent to us contain only what the sender includes and are used 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
Privacy rights can vary by jurisdiction. Michigan research supplied no statewide universal consumer-privacy statute for this purpose. Because this service retains little information, a request usually involves checking the contact mailbox and relevant server logs, then deleting data that can be identified. Use the Contact page to ask. Southfield, Oakland County, and Michigan public records are controlled by their custodians, so a correction or removal request belongs with the office that holds that record.
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.