County report card · Indiana
Jefferson County, Indiana
Vendor (Simplifile) policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 32,921
- Portal
- Assessor & Recorder
- Portal vendor
- Simplifile
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: jeffersoncounty.in.gov/262/Recorders-Office, jeffersonin.wthgis.com/, treasurer.jeffersoncounty39.us/cgi.exe?PAGEID=0004&CALL_PROGRAM=C009LIST, 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.