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Terms of Use

These terms apply to Park Ridge Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept them; otherwise, do not continue.

1. Nature of This Website

Park Ridge Residents Directory is a privately run reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Park Ridge, Illinois. It neither hosts government records nor represents any government office, court, library, or records custodian.


2. Acceptable Use

Use is limited to lawful purposes. Neither the site nor information reached through it may be used 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. § 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. Services Beyond Our Control

Government portals, sponsored tools, and other third-party services set their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, uptime, charges, and handling of data are outside our control.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is offered “as is” and “as available” without warranties. Accuracy, completeness, currency, uninterrupted access, and correct results from linked portals are not guaranteed.


6. Limits on Our Liability

To the maximum extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions made from records found through it.


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. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. Linking to any page and quoting brief excerpts with attribution is welcome; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.


9. Revisions

A revised version may be posted here. Continuing to use the service after publication signifies acceptance of the revised terms.


10. Cutting Off Access

We may block or restrict any user who violates these terms or abuses the site, at our discretion and without notice.


11. Illinois Governing Law

Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed in the directory is governed in relevant part by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140.


12. Severability

If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.