County report card · Georgia
Douglas County, Georgia
County portal uses an access restriction which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 151,887
- 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 challengeAccess denied to automated clients
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: cotthosting.com/gadouglasexternal/LandRecords/protected/v4/SrchName.aspx, qpublic.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=988&LayerID=20162&PageTypeID=2&PageID=8760, douglascountyga.governmentwindow.com/start.html, gis.dcga.us/douglasjs/
Doing well
- Technical barriers (access_denied) 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.