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Privacy Policy

This policy explains the limited data Council Bluffs Residents Directory receives, how it is handled, and the choices available to visitors. No account is required, and the site does not host Council Bluffs or Iowa public records about individual residents.

Information You Submit

A name, telephone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the outside provider that returns those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of the search. When you contact us, we receive the details in your message and use them to respond.


Information Collected Automatically

Standard hosting logs can include an IP address, browser type, visited pages, and timestamps. Aggregate review helps diagnose problems and understand page use. Basic analytics and advertising measurement may rely on cookies or comparable technology.


How the Information Is Used

The limited data supports site operation, fault diagnosis, traffic measurement, and page improvements. We neither sell lists of visitors nor create individual visitor profiles.


Links to Other Websites

We link out to county and state records portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search tools. Their privacy policies, not ours, govern what you submit there. That is especially true of the sponsored search results, which a third-party company provides.


Who Might See Your Data

The service providers that host and support the site process server logs for us. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. We disclose data when a valid legal process requires it, and not otherwise.


How We Protect Your Data

The site runs over an encrypted connection and logs are kept only as long as the purposes above need them. There are no accounts here, so no password or profile of yours exists on this site to be exposed.


Users Under 18

The site is meant for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18; if you believe a minor has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.


Your Privacy Choices

Iowa Code Chapter 715D grants qualifying consumers rights involving access, correction, deletion, portability, and certain opt-outs when a business falls within the statute's scope and thresholds. Because very little is retained here, a request generally involves checking the contact mailbox and available server logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by Iowa, Pottawattamie County, or Council Bluffs offices remain under the custodian's control and are excluded from Chapter 715D's private-data process. Iowa public-record access is governed by Iowa Code Chapter 22, while correction or confidentiality requests must go to the responsible office.


Updates to This Policy

Any change to this policy will be posted on this page. Using the site after a change means you accept the updated version.