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Privacy Policy

This policy describes the limited data Edwardsville Residents Directory receives and the choices available to visitors. No account is required. The site points to public records and historical collections kept by Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois agencies, libraries, and archives; it does not copy those public databases into a private resident file.

Information You Submit

A third-party provider receives names, phone numbers, or addresses entered in a sponsored search form. Our servers do not retain a copy of those search terms. If you contact us, we receive the details in your message and use them to answer.


Automatic Technical Data

Standard hosting logs can include an IP address, browser type, viewed page, and timestamp. We review totals to maintain the service and understand page use. Basic analytics or advertising measurement may rely on cookies or comparable technology.


How We Use Data

Technical data helps operate the site, diagnose faults, count visits, and improve content. We neither sell lists of visitors nor create personal profiles from their activity.


Privacy on Linked Services

Madison County portals, Illinois agencies, archives, libraries, and sponsored search providers apply their own privacy terms. Read the destination policy before submitting personal data. This policy does not control information sent to another operator.


Limited Data Disclosure

Hosting and support vendors process server logs on our behalf. Analytics or advertising services may receive the automatic data described above. We otherwise disclose information only when valid legal process requires it.


Safeguarding Visitor Data

Encrypted connections protect data in transit, and logs remain only as long as operational needs require. Because visitors do not create accounts, this service stores no user password or account profile.


Visitors Under 18

This service is designed for adults, not children. We do not knowingly collect a minor's personal information. Contact us if a child submitted information so it can be removed.


Your Privacy Choices

Privacy rights depend on the law that applies to you. Illinois has no verified universal data-broker deletion portal in the reviewed sources. The Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530, governs personal-information security, breach notice, and disposal rather than a broad deletion right. Use the Contact page to request a check of our mailbox or logs. Public records held by Illinois, Madison County, or Edwardsville remain under the custodian's control. Illinois FOIA exemptions and record-specific redaction rules govern those files.


Policy Revisions

We post revisions on this page. Continued use after an update indicates acceptance of the revised policy.