Information You Submit
Search terms such as a name, phone number, or address are sent to the outside provider that returns results; North Carolina Residents Directory does not retain a search history on its servers. A message you send us contains the information we use to respond.
Information Logged by the Site
Routine host logs can include an IP address, browser type, pages opened, and time stamps. We review grouped traffic to maintain the site and learn which pages are used. Cookies or similar tools may help with basic analytics and, when used, ad measurement.
How Site Information Is Used
We use this information to run the site, repair errors, count visits, and improve pages. We do not sell lists of visitors or create individual user profiles.
External Search and Record Sites
Links lead to county and state portals, archives, libraries, and outside search services. When you use one of them, its own privacy terms apply to the information you submit. Sponsored results are supplied by an outside company under its policies.
Service Providers and Required Disclosures
Hosting and site-support providers process the server logs needed to operate this service. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the automatic information described above. We disclose information when valid legal process requires it.
Safeguarding Information
The site uses an encrypted connection, and logs are retained only for the operating purposes described above. Because visitors do not create accounts, this site holds no visitor password or account profile.
Visitors Under 18
This reference is intended for adults rather than children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under age 18. Contact us if you believe a minor has sent information so we can remove it.
Requests About Your Information
Depending on where you live, you may hold rights to access, correct, or delete personal data a website keeps about you. Since this site retains little visitor information, a request usually involves checking the contact mailbox and server logs for the details provided. Send a request through the Contact page. North Carolina public records held by a state, county, or municipal office are controlled by that custodian, not by this site.
North Carolina public-record access is governed by the Public Records Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 132, §§132-1 and 132-6, with exemptions and separate confidentiality rules. Certified vital copies are restricted by §130A-93(c), juvenile records are confidential under §7B-3001(c), and DMV personal information is restricted by the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§2721-2725. These source-record laws do not change this site's limited handling of visitor information.
Policy Changes
We will post revisions here. Continued use of the site after a revision takes effect indicates acceptance of the new notice.