Information You Provide
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies results. Our servers do not retain a copy of those searches. If you contact us, we receive the content of your message and use it to respond.
Standard Technical Information
Hosting services may log an IP address, browser type, pages requested, and timestamps. We review this information in aggregate to maintain the service and understand page use. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and, where applicable, advertising measurement.
Use of Limited Data
Limited data helps operate the reference, resolve technical issues, measure traffic, and improve its content. We do not sell visitor lists or create individual visitor profiles.
Linked Services
The reference links to county and state portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search tools. The policy of the destination service, rather than this policy, governs information sent there. That includes sponsored search results supplied by an outside company.
Service Providers and Disclosure
Providers that host or support the reference may process the server-log data described above. Analytics and advertising partners can receive automatic technical information. Information is disclosed when required by valid legal process and not otherwise.
Data Protection Practices
The reference uses an encrypted connection, and logs are retained only for the purposes described here. There are no user accounts, so the site does not hold a visitor password or account profile.
Visitors Under 18
This reference is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. Contact us if you believe a minor sent information, and we will remove it.
Your Choices and Requests
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to ask a website for access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data it holds. Because this reference keeps little data, a request generally involves the contact mailbox and relevant server logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by New York state, county, or city offices remain outside our control; requests about those records go to the custodian. New York Freedom of Information Law, Public Officers Law Article 6 §§84–90, addresses access to public-agency records separately from this private policy.
Updates to This Policy
Changes to this policy will appear here. Continued use after an update means acceptance of the revised policy.