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Privacy Policy

This policy explains the limited information Bessemer Residents Directory handles and the choices available to visitors. No account is required. The site points to public rolls and historical collections in Bessemer, Alabama, but does not host a personal record database of its own.

Information You Submit

A third-party provider receives the name, phone number, or address entered into a search form and supplies the resulting service. Our servers do not retain a copy of those searches. If you contact us, we use the contents of the message only to answer it.


Routine Technical Information

Standard hosting logs may record an IP address, browser type, viewed pages, and timestamps. Aggregate review helps maintain performance and understand which material is useful. Basic analytics and applicable advertising measurement may use cookies or similar technology.


How Information Is Used

Technical data supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic measurement, and page improvement. We neither sell visitor lists nor create profiles about individual readers.


Privacy on Linked Services

County portals, Alabama agencies, archives, library collections, and third-party search services apply their own privacy rules. Information entered after following a link is governed by that destination. Sponsored results are also supplied by an outside company.


Service Providers and Disclosure

Hosting and support providers process logs on our behalf. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the automatic information described above. Other disclosure occurs only when valid legal process requires it.


Safeguards and Retention

An encrypted connection protects data in transit, and logs are retained only as long as needed for the stated purposes. Because there are no user accounts, the site holds no visitor password or account profile.


Visitors Under 18

This service is intended for adults, not children. We do not knowingly collect a minor's personal information. Contact us if a person under 18 submitted information so it can be removed.


Your Privacy Choices

Privacy rights can include access, correction, deletion, portability, and certain opt-outs. Alabama enacted the Personal Data Protection Act, Ala. Code Title 8, Chapter 44, in 2026; it takes effect May 1, 2027, and has exemptions and Attorney General enforcement. We can search our contact mailbox and relevant logs for data we control. Use the Contact page to make a request. Records held by Alabama, Jefferson County, or Bessemer custodians remain outside our control, and deleting a commercial copy does not erase its public source.


Policy Changes

A revised policy will appear here. Continued use after an update signifies acceptance of the new version.