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Privacy Policy

This policy explains the small amount of information Portage Residents Directory may receive and how it is handled. The service is a private reference to public record sources in Portage, Michigan. It does not require an account, host government records, or operate a personal-data directory.

Information Sent Directly

If you contact us, the message may include the name, email address, and other details you choose to send. Do not send a Social Security number, full date of birth, protected address, financial account number, or record image that is not appropriate to share. Contact details are used only to read and respond to the inquiry.

Automatic Technical Data

Like most websites, basic server or analytics services may receive browser type, device information, referring page, approximate IP-derived location, and pages requested. This information helps maintain security and understand site operation. It is not combined with public-record sources to build a person profile.

How Information Is Used

Information may be used to answer a message, protect the service, diagnose technical problems, and improve the reference material. We do not sell contact submissions or use them to compile a list of Portage residents.

Links to Custodian Websites

Links lead to independent offices and institutions such as the City of Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan agencies, courts, and libraries. Their privacy practices, forms, search tools, and rules apply after you leave this service. Review the destination policy before entering information in an outside form.

When Data May Be Shared

We do not share direct contact information except with service providers that support normal website operation, when a person asks us to do so, or when disclosure is required to comply with law, enforce terms, or protect people and systems from harm.

Security Practices

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used for the limited information received. No web transmission or storage system is perfectly secure. Send only the minimum detail needed for a question, and send a records request directly to the relevant custodian when the question concerns an official file.

Visitors Under 18

This service is not directed to children. Do not provide personal information for a minor. A request involving a minor’s official information should go to the office with legal authority over that record.

Your Information Choices

You may ask about, correct, or request deletion of direct contact information held by this service through the Contact page. Michigan research for this project did not identify an enacted comprehensive consumer-data deletion statute that controls this private reference. Public files held by Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan agencies, or courts are outside our control and follow their own statutes, including the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq.

Policy Changes

This policy may be updated when practices or relevant law change. The current version on this page applies after it is posted.