Data You Send Directly
Names, phone numbers, or addresses entered in a search form are sent to the outside provider that returns the results. Illinois Residents Directory does not keep its own copy of those searches. A message sent to the site includes whatever details the sender chooses to provide, and that information is used to respond.
Routine Server Information
The hosting service records standard technical logs such as IP address, browser type, page requests, and time stamps. Those figures help maintain the service and understand broad page traffic, rather than build a named visitor profile. Basic analytics or advertising measurement may also use cookies or related tools where enabled.
How Information Is Used
Information is used to run the reference, troubleshoot faults, count visits, and improve the pages. Visitor lists are not sold, and the site does not create personal profiles of readers.
External Sites and Search Results
Links may lead to Illinois county or state portals, libraries, archives, or third-party search services. Once you leave our pages, the destination's privacy terms govern the information you enter there. Sponsored results are supplied by an outside company and follow its own data practices.
Service Providers and Legal Requests
Hosting and support providers process technical logs as part of keeping the site online. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the automatic information described above. Information is disclosed when valid legal process requires it; otherwise, it is not shared beyond the providers that support the service.
Security and Retention
Pages are delivered over an encrypted connection. Hosting logs are kept only for the operational purposes above and for the time needed to serve them. Because there are no site accounts, the service does not hold a reader password or account profile.
Children and Teen Users
The reference is intended for adults, not children. It does not knowingly collect personal details from anyone younger than 18. Contact the site if you believe a minor sent personal information, and we will review and remove it where we control it.
Illinois and Other Data Rights
Rights to access, correct, or delete information held by a website depend on applicable law. The Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, governs requests to public bodies; it does not give this reference control over a record held by a state, county, or city custodian. Because the site keeps little visitor information, a request generally means checking the contact mailbox and hosting logs. Use the Contact page to ask about information the site itself controls, and direct public-record correction or removal requests to the office that holds the record.
People who need address protections can review the Illinois Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program. The program helps eligible participants use a substitute address for new state or local records, but it cannot erase prior records or ensure confidentiality for property records.
Policy Revisions
Changes will appear in this section when the policy is revised. Continued use after a posted update means the revised terms apply.