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Public Records Safety

County report card · Illinois

Jefferson County, Illinois

UncertainAudited 2026-08-24

Vendor (Fidlar Technologies) policy on automation has not been resolved

Population
36,107
Portal
Assessor & Recorder
Portal vendor
Fidlar Technologies

What the audit checked

Four low-cost protections every online records portal can have. How we rate counties.

  • robots.txtNot checked
  • Terms of useSilent on automation
  • Bot challengeNone detected
  • Owner notificationAvailable

Portal audited: www.jeffersoncountyillinois.com/contact-assesor, www.jeffersoncountyillinois.com/recorder, tapestry.fidlar.com, jeffersonil.devnetwedge.com/, portico.mygisonline.com/html5/?viewer=jeffersonil.bv1-p1

Doing well

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

Room to grow

  • Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access

What to ask for

Three low-cost protections that residents in other counties have found valuable:

1. Adding robots.txt rules that disallow automated scrapers

2. Including a Terms of Use that prohibits automated access

3. Implementing a notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed (per the AZ, FL, HI, IL, UT model)

The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.