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Terms of Use

These terms apply when you use Dane County Residents Directory. By continuing to use the site, you accept them. If you disagree, do not use the service.

1. Nature of This Site

Dane County Residents Directory is a private reference linking to public rolls, indexes, and directory collections concerning Dane County, Wisconsin. It hosts no government records and is not affiliated with an agency, court, library, or records custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

Use this resource only in a lawful way. 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

Dane County Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Content here and results from linked tools are not consumer reports. They cannot be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. External Services

Official portals, sponsored searches, and other outside services set their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, uptime, prices, and data handling remain outside our control.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee that its content is accurate, complete, or current, nor that an external portal will remain available or return a correct match.


6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special harm resulting from use of the site, an outside resource, or a decision based on a located record.


7. Indemnification

You agree to defend and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorney fees, caused by misuse of the service or a breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Copyright protects the original writing, design, logo, and layout. Readers may link to pages and quote short attributed passages, but may not republish complete pages or systematically copy the content.


9. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms by publishing a replacement here. Use after publication signals acceptance of the revision.


10. Restricting Access

We may restrict or block access, without notice, when a user abuses the site or violates these terms.


11. Wisconsin Governing Law

Wisconsin law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Official access to state and local records is separately governed by the Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§19.31–19.39, along with record-specific exceptions.


12. Severability

If one provision cannot be enforced, every remaining provision continues in effect.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.