County report card · Indiana
Boone County, Indiana
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 78,773
- 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: boonecounty.in.gov/offices/recorder/records-lookup/, www.boonecounty.in.gov/Offices/Assessor/Property-Record-Cards, gis.boonein.com/, www.invoicecloud.com/portal/(S(shzurgdcbud1pocccvno5fl0))/2/Site.aspx?G=f0375e2e-df9f-47b4-ad43-24bc18af7849, www.in.gov/dlgf/understanding-your-tax-bill/assessed-value-search/
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.