County report card · Illinois
Monroe County, Illinois
Vendor (Fidlar Technologies) policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 34,969
- 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 challengeNone detected
- Owner notificationAvailable
Portal audited: monroecountyil.gov/departments/assessors-office/, www.mococlerk.com/land-records.html, tapestry.fidlar.com, propertytaxonline.org/Home/Disclaimer.aspx?c=67&n=Monroe, monroecountyil.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=37ba47d9ba1640e980698b06ebaccbf7
Doing well
- A notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
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.