County report card · Indiana
Marion County, Indiana
Vendor (Fidlar Technologies) policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 981,628
- 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 notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.indy.gov/activity/search-real-estate-records-online, maps.indy.gov/AssessorPropertyCards/, tapestry.fidlar.com, maps.indy.gov/, maps.indy.gov/MapIndy/index.html, www.in.gov/dlgf/understanding-your-tax-bill/assessed-value-search/, www.indy.gov/workflow/property-taxes
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.