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County report card · Illinois

Jasper County, Illinois

ProtectedAudited 2026-08-21

County website Vendor (DevNet / GovOS) prohibits automated data harvesting

Population
9,092
Portal
Assessor & Recorder
Portal vendor
DevNet / GovOS

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 notificationAvailable

Portal audited: cotthosting.com/ILPortal/User/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fILPortal%2fUser%2fprotected%2fMessageCenter.aspx, jasperil.devnetwedge.com/

Doing well

  • A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
  • 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

Building on the protections already in place, you might consider a property-owner notification system (like the ones AZ, FL, HI, IL, and UT have implemented) and a formal data-governance policy that addresses commercial data aggregators.

The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.