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Privacy Policy

This policy covers what data Merrillville Residents Directory collects, what happens to it, and your choices. It stays short because we collect very little: the site is a reference to public rolls and directory collections in Merrillville, Indiana - it needs no account and stores no records about you.

Information You Submit

A name, telephone number or address entered in a search box is sent to the outside provider serving those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that query. When you contact us, we receive the details in your message and use them to answer.


Routine Technical Logs

The host records standard technical details such as IP address, browser type, pages requested and timestamps. Aggregate review helps maintain the service and measure page use. Basic analytics and advertising measurement may rely on cookies or similar tools.


Purposes for Processing

Technical data helps operate the service, correct faults, measure traffic and improve content. We neither sell lists of visitors nor create individual reader profiles.


Links to Other Websites

We link out to county and state records portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search tools. Their privacy policies, not ours, govern what you submit there. That is especially true of the sponsored search results, which a third-party company provides.


Who May Receive Data

Hosting and support vendors process logs on our behalf. Analytics or advertising providers may receive the automatic information described above. Data is otherwise disclosed only when valid legal process requires it.


Security and Retention

Connections are encrypted, and logs are retained only as long as the stated purposes require. The site offers no user accounts, so it stores no account password or member profile.


Users Under 18

The site is meant for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18; if you believe a minor has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.


Your Data Rights

Indiana's Consumer Data Protection Act, IC 24-15, gives covered consumers rights concerning personal data, subject to the law's scope and exceptions. Because we retain little data, a request normally means checking contact mail and server logs and deleting what applies. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by Indiana state, county or town offices remain under each custodian's control.


Policy Revisions

Changes will appear on this page. Continued use after publication indicates acceptance of the revised policy.