1. What This Website Is
West Chicago Residents Directory is a private reference to public indexes, records, and historical collections relevant to West Chicago, Illinois. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with the City of West Chicago, DuPage County, a court, or any custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or anything found through it, to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
- Locate someone protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit identity theft or fraud
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions (credit, employment, tenant, insurance)
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq.). Nothing here, and nothing any linked search tool returns, is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Services
Official portals and outside services, including sponsored tools, operate under separate terms and policies. Their content, availability, prices, and data practices are beyond our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We make no promise that its content is complete, accurate, or current, or that an outside portal will remain available or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to this site, a linked resource, or reliance on a located record.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operators of this site from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. Linking to any page and quoting brief excerpts with attribution is welcome; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.
9. Changes to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here. Continuing to use the service after that posting means you accept the revision.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may block or restrict any user who violates these terms or abuses the site, at our discretion and without notice.
11. Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Government-record access described on the site is subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, as well as exemptions and record-specific laws.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.