Information You Submit
Text entered in a search form, such as a name, phone number, or address, goes to the third-party provider that supplies the results. Our servers do not retain a separate copy of that search. When you contact us, we receive the details you choose to send and use them to answer the message.
Information Collected Automatically
Standard hosting logs may record an IP address, browser type, requested pages, and timestamps. Aggregate log data helps maintain the service and shows which resources visitors use. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and advertising measurement where applicable.
How Information Is Used
Available data is used to run the site, diagnose faults, measure traffic, and improve content. We neither sell a visitor list nor create individual user profiles.
Privacy on Linked Services
Links lead to government portals, Maryland and Howard County offices, library collections, and third-party search services. Information submitted after following a link is governed by that destination's privacy terms. The same rule applies to sponsored results supplied by an outside company.
Who Might See Your Data
Service providers that host and support this site process server logs on our behalf. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. We will disclose data if a valid legal process requires it. We do not otherwise share visitor data.
How We Protect Your Data
The site is served over an encrypted connection. We retain server logs only as long as needed for the purposes above. Because we do not run accounts, there is no password or profile of yours to breach on this site.
Users Under 18
This site is not directed at children and is intended for users 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has submitted personal information to us, contact us and we will delete it.
Your Privacy Rights
The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, Md. Code, Commercial Law ยงยง 14-4601 through 14-4613, may give eligible Maryland consumers rights concerning personal data held by a covered controller. We can check our contact mailbox and available server logs when a valid request applies. Use the Contact page to submit one. Government records held by Howard County or the State of Maryland remain outside our control, so correction or access requests for those records must go to the custodian.
Updates to This Policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated policy.