Information Entered in Forms
A name, phone number, or address typed into a search widget is sent to the third-party provider that powers that result. San Joaquin County Residents Directory does not keep a copy of the search text on its own records. Messages sent through a contact channel contain whatever the sender chooses to provide and are used to respond or handle the request.
Routine Technical Logs
Hosting systems may record an IP address, browser type, viewed pages, and time stamps. These ordinary server logs can be reviewed in aggregate for security, performance, and traffic measurement. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics or advertising measurement when a service uses them.
How Limited Data Is Used
Technical information helps operate the pages, diagnose faults, count visits, and improve the reference. Visitor lists are not sold, and the reference does not intentionally build a personal profile of an individual reader.
Outside Record Portals
Links lead to the San Joaquin County Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk, courts, elections offices, California agencies, Chavez Central, the Historical Museum, and other providers. Information submitted on one of those services is governed by that custodian’s policy, terms, and legal rules. Sponsored search results are also operated by a separate provider.
Who Processes Technical Data
Hosting, analytics, and advertising providers may process the routine technical information described above. A disclosure can also be made when valid legal process requires it. No public record held by San Joaquin County or California is controlled by this reference; requests about those records go to the relevant custodian.
Security and Retention
Pages are delivered over an encrypted connection. Technical logs are retained only for the operational purposes that require them. There are no user accounts here, so the reference does not maintain a password profile for a reader.
Children’s Information
The reference is intended for adults and is not directed to children. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal information, contact the operators so the material can be located and deleted when appropriate.
California Privacy Choices
California’s Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, appears in Civil Code section 1798.100 and following sections. Depending on the business and the applicable exception, California residents may have rights to access, correct, delete, or opt out of certain data uses. The Global Privacy Control and a “Do Not Sell or Share” choice can apply where a covered business offers them.
Because this reference retains very little direct reader information, a request normally involves checking the contact mailbox and relevant technical logs. Use the Contact page for a request. Public records held by a California state, county, or city agency are outside this reference’s control and must be addressed to the custodian. The California Privacy Protection Agency’s Delete Act mechanism should be checked for its current implementation status before relying on it for a separate covered data broker.
Changes to This Policy
Revisions will be posted here with the updated wording. Continued use after a revision indicates acceptance of the revised policy.