Information You Provide
A name, telephone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies the result service. Our servers do not retain a copy of those searches. If you contact us, we receive the information in your message and use it to answer the request.
Automatically Collected Data
Hosting systems create routine logs, such as IP address, browser type, pages requested, and timestamps. We review aggregate information to maintain the service and understand page use. Cookies or similar tools may also support basic analytics and, when used, advertising measurement.
How Limited Data Is Used
We use the information for site operation, problem diagnosis, traffic measurement, and page improvement. We do not sell visitor lists or create individual visitor profiles.
Outside Links and Services
The directory links to Pennsylvania and Northampton County portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search services. Those organizations control information submitted on their platforms under their own policies. Sponsored results are likewise supplied by a separate company.
Service Providers and Disclosure
Providers that host or support the reference process relevant server logs for us. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. We disclose information only when valid legal process requires disclosure.
Safeguards
The reference uses an encrypted connection, and logs are retained only for the purposes stated here. Because the site has no visitor accounts, it does not hold a visitor password or account profile.
Visitors Under 18
This reference is intended for adults and is not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. Contact us if you believe a minor sent information, and we will remove it.
Your Information Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data a website keeps. Research for this project did not identify a broad Pennsylvania consumer-privacy statute or universal data-broker deletion route. Because this reference keeps little information, requests normally involve the contact mailbox and applicable logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by Pennsylvania, Northampton County, or Bethlehem Township custodians are outside our control and must be addressed to the office that maintains them.
Policy Changes
We will post changes to this policy here. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised policy.