County report card · Illinois
Menard County, Illinois
Vendor (Fidlar Technologies) policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 11,963
- 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.txtYes — permissive
- Terms of useNot checked
- Bot challengereCAPTCHA
- Owner notificationAvailable
Portal audited: menardcountyil.com/elected-officials/county-clerkrecorder/, tapestry.fidlar.com, menardgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html, menardcountyil.com/elected-officials/county-treasurercollector/, mencoilgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bc642e2233714b198e073bd1adf934f5
Doing well
- A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
- Technical barriers (recaptcha) that deter casual bulk access
Room to grow
- Expanding the robots.txt file to disallow automated scrapers
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.