County report card · Florida
Osceola County, Florida
County portal uses Cloudflare bot detection which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 468,058
- Portal
- Assessor & Recorder
- Portal vendor
- Not identified
What the audit checked
Four low-cost protections every online records portal can have. How we rate counties.
- robots.txtYes — permissive
- Terms of useNot checked
- Bot challengeCloudflare bot detection
- Owner notificationAvailable
Portal audited: officialrecords.osceolaclerk.org/browserview/, search.property-appraiser.org/Search/MainSearch, maps.property-appraiser.org/, osceola.county-taxes.com/public/search/property_tax?action_location=Landing+Page
Doing well
- A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
- Technical barriers (cloudflare) that deter casual bulk access
Room to grow
- Expanding the robots.txt file to disallow automated scrapers
What to ask for
Three low-cost steps that have worked in other counties to close gaps like this one:
1. Adding clear robots.txt rules that disallow automated scrapers
2. Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access
3. Implementing a notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.