County report card · Indiana
Benton County, Indiana
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 8,853
- 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 challengeNone detected
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.bentoncounty.in.gov/department/Recorder, bentonin.elevatemaps.io/#extent=2993049.1666666665,2784715.8333333335,2001577.2083333333,1901316.7916666667,2245, www.in.gov/dlgf/understanding-your-tax-bill/assessed-value-search/, bentonin.elevatemaps.io/#extent=3010410.277777778,2767354.722222222,2005678.7708333333,1893873.2152777778,2245
Doing well
No protections against automated access were found in this audit.
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.