Information You Submit
A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the outside provider that returns the results. Ohio Residents Directory's own servers do not retain that search input. If you contact us, we receive the details in your message and use them to answer it.
Visit and Log Details
The hosting service records routine technical logs such as an IP address, browser type, page views, and visit times. We use grouped traffic data to monitor site operation and learn which pages are used. Basic analytics or advertising measurement may rely on cookies or similar tools where they are active.
How We Use Information
Information described here supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic counts, and page improvements. We do not sell visitor lists or create individual user profiles.
Outside Links and Searches
Links may lead to Ohio state or county record portals, libraries, archives, and outside search tools. Each destination sets its own privacy terms for anything you enter there. Sponsored search results in particular are supplied by a third-party company.
Who Processes the Data
Hosting and support providers handle server logs as part of running the service. Analytics or advertising partners may also receive the automatic information described above. We disclose information when valid legal process requires it.
Safeguards and Retention
Connections to the site are encrypted, and routine logs are kept only for the purposes described above. Because the service has no accounts, it does not hold a user password or account profile.
Children and Teens
Ohio Residents Directory is for adults and is not designed for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from someone younger than 18. Contact us if you believe a minor sent information, and we will remove it.
Requests About Your Information
The Ohio Public Records Act, ORC ยง149.43, addresses records kept by public offices; it does not let Ohio Residents Directory change a county or state record. The research for this reference did not establish a separate statewide consumer-privacy law granting a general deletion right over the limited visitor information described here. Applicable rights depend on current law and the facts. You may still ask us to look for information you sent directly. We can check our contact mailbox and available hosting logs and remove material we control. Use the Contact page to make a request; ask the record custodian about government-held material.
Policy Changes
We will post a revised policy here if the practices described above change. Continued use after a revision indicates acceptance of the updated terms.