County report card · Indiana
Jasper County, Indiana
Vendor (Fidlar Technologies) policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 33,387
- 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 useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeNone detected
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.jaspercountyin.gov/egov/apps/services/index.egov?view=detail;id=7&fDD=-0, www.jaspercountyin.gov/department/?structureid=25, tapestry.fidlar.com, jaspercounty.properlytaxes.com/, beaconbeta.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=509&LayerID=7887&PageTypeID=2&PageID=3844&KeyValue=0020075900, 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
- 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.