Data You Provide Directly
A name, telephone number, or address entered into a search form is sent to the third-party service that supplies search results. Our servers do not retain a copy of those queries. If you contact us, we receive the information included in your message and use it only to respond or address the request.
Automatically Collected Data
Like most websites, our hosting may create routine server logs containing an IP address, browser information, pages requested, and time stamps. We review aggregate activity to maintain the service and understand which reference pages are useful. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and, where used, advertising measurement.
How Information Is Used
Limited technical and contact information is used to operate the site, diagnose errors, measure traffic, improve content, and answer messages. We do not sell visitor lists or create individual visitor profiles from search activity.
External Websites
Links may lead to Anoka County, Minnesota, library, archive, and third-party search services. Each outside service controls the information submitted there under its own policy and terms. This includes sponsored search results supplied by a third party, as well as official portals such as court, property, vital-record, and election services.
Who Can Receive Data
Hosting and support providers may process the routine log data needed to operate the site. Analytics or advertising providers may receive the automatic information described above. Information may also be disclosed when valid legal process requires it. We do not otherwise share personal information for unrelated purposes.
Security and Retention
The site uses an encrypted connection, and technical logs are retained only for as long as the operating purposes described here require. There are no user accounts, passwords, or personal profiles stored by this site. Reasonable safeguards help protect the limited data that is processed.
Visitors Under 18
This service is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor provided information through a message, contact us so it can be removed.
Your Information Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information a website keeps. Because this site keeps little personal information, a request generally involves checking the contact mailbox and applicable server logs, then removing information we locate where appropriate. Use the Contact page to make a request. The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. Chapter 13, governs public, private, and confidential data held by Minnesota government offices, not data on this private site. Requests to correct or restrict an official record belong with its custodian.
Policy Updates
Changes to this privacy policy will be posted here. Continuing to use the site after an update means that you accept the revised policy.