Information You Submit
Text entered in a search form, such as a name, phone number, or address, goes to the outside provider that supplies the results. Our own servers do not retain a copy of those search terms. If you send us a message, we receive the details you choose to provide and use them to answer you.
Information Collected Automatically
Our hosting systems create routine logs that may include an IP address, browser type, pages viewed, and timestamps. We review aggregated activity to maintain the service and see which material visitors use. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and advertising measurement when applicable.
How the Data Is Used
This limited information helps us operate the site, diagnose errors, measure visits, and revise content. We neither sell visitor lists nor create individual visitor profiles.
Privacy on Linked Services
Links may lead to Maryland government portals, Baltimore County offices, library databases, and outside search services. Information entered after leaving Essex People Search falls under the destination's privacy policy. Sponsored search results are also supplied by an independent provider with its own practices.
Parties That May Receive Data
Vendors that host or support the site process logs for us. Analytics and advertising providers may receive the automatic information described above. We may disclose available data in response to valid legal process, but do not otherwise distribute visitor information.
Steps Used to Protect Data
An encrypted connection serves the site. Logs are kept only as long as needed for the uses stated above. Since there are no user accounts, Essex People Search holds no visitor password or account profile.
Visitors Under Age 18
This service is meant for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal details from anyone under 18. Contact us if a minor submitted information so that we can remove it.
Your Privacy Choices
The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024, Md. Code Commercial Law Title 14, Subtitle 46, gives covered consumers rights that can include access, correction, deletion, portability, and certain opt-outs, subject to its scope and exceptions. We can check our contact mailbox and server logs when a request applies. Use the Contact page to reach us. Records held by Baltimore County, Maryland agencies, or courts are outside our control, so correction or removal requests for those materials must go to the custodian.
Changes to This Policy
Any revised policy will appear here. Using Essex People Search after a revision means you accept the updated version.