Information You Send
Search-form entries, such as a name, phone number, or address, are sent to the third-party provider that produces those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of those entries. If you contact us, we use the details in the message only to respond.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our host may retain routine server-log data, including IP address, browser type, requested pages, and timestamps. We review aggregate information to maintain the service and understand use patterns. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and, where used, advertising measurement.
How Limited Data Is Used
Limited data helps operate the service, resolve technical issues, measure traffic, and improve content. We do not sell visitor lists or create individual visitor profiles.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to County, State, library, archive, or third-party search services. Their own privacy terms govern information sent after leaving Columbia Residents Directory. Sponsored search results are also provided by a separate company.
Who Might See Your Data
Hosting and support providers process server information for us. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic information described above. We disclose information only when required by valid legal process.
How We Protect Your Data
The service uses an encrypted connection, and logs are retained only for the purposes described above. There are no visitor accounts, passwords, or user profiles maintained by this reference.
Users Under 18
This reference is intended for adults and is not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from people under 18. Contact us if a minor has sent information, and it will be removed.
Your Privacy Choices
You may ask about access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information this reference retains. Because we keep very little, we can check the contact mailbox and relevant logs promptly. Use the Contact page to make a request. South Carolina’s Family and Personal Identifying Information Privacy Protection Act, S.C. Code §30-2-10 et seq., provides a route to seek removal of specified sensitive identifiers from publicly available government web records. It does not erase a valid public record, and Columbia, Richland County, or State records must be addressed to their custodian.
Updates to This Policy
Any revision will appear on this policy page. Continued use after publication means acceptance of the revised policy.