Information You Provide
A name, phone number, or address entered in a site search form is sent to the third-party provider that delivers the results; our servers do not retain a copy of those searches. When you contact us, we receive the contents of your message and use them to respond.
Information Collected Automatically
Routine hosting logs may record an IP address, browser type, pages requested, and visit times. We review that information in aggregate for site maintenance and to understand which pages are useful. Cookies or similar tools may also be used for basic analytics and, when applicable, advertising measurement.
How We Use Information
We use the limited information described above to operate the site, diagnose issues, measure traffic, and improve its pages. We neither sell lists of visitors nor create individual visitor profiles.
External Websites
This site links to county and Pennsylvania portals, library and archive collections, and third-party search tools. Information submitted to those destinations is subject to their own privacy practices, including the sponsored search results supplied by another company.
Who May Receive Information
Hosting and support providers process the server logs on our behalf. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the automatic information described above. We disclose information only when valid legal process requires disclosure.
Safeguards and Retention
The site uses an encrypted connection, and logs are retained only for as long as the purposes described here require. Because the site has no visitor accounts, it does not hold a site password or account profile for you.
Visitors Under 18
This reference is intended for adults and is not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from people under 18; if you believe a minor provided information to us, contact us so it can be deleted.
Your Information Choices
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data held by a website. Our research did not identify an enacted statewide comprehensive consumer-deletion right in Pennsylvania, so no Pennsylvania consumer-privacy statute is cited here. Since we keep very little, requests ordinarily involve checking our contact mailbox and server logs and deleting information we locate; use the Contact page to ask. Public records controlled by Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, or municipal offices are not within our control, and requests concerning those records belong with the appropriate custodian.
Policy Updates
Any revision to this policy will appear on this page. Continuing to use the site after it is posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.