1. Nature of the Website
Freeport Residents Directory is a private reference that describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Freeport, Illinois. It stores no government record and is not affiliated with any agency, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or anything found through it, to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
- Locate someone protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit identity theft or fraud
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions (credit, employment, tenant, insurance)
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq.). Nothing here, and nothing any linked search tool returns, is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Websites
Official portals, sponsored search providers, and other outside services operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Their accuracy, uptime, fees, content, and data practices are not under our control.
5. No Guarantees
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We cannot promise that its material is complete, accurate, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or produce a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to use of this service, any linked resource, or a decision based on a located record.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operators of this site from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.
8. Copyright and Ownership
Copyright protects the original writing, design, logo, and arrangement of this service. Readers may link to a page or quote a short attributed passage, but may not republish whole pages or copy the content systematically.
9. Revisions to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here. Using the site after that posting signals acceptance of the revision.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block access, without advance notice, when a user abuses the service or violates these terms.
11. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed on the site is governed in part by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, while record-specific confidentiality laws still apply.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue to apply.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.