County report card · Kansas
Johnson County, Kansas
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 632,276
- Portal
- Assessor
- 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: ims.jocogov.org/locationservices/, www.jocogov.org/dept/treasury-and-financial-management/real-estate-and-personal-property-tax/view-and-pay-tax-bill, aims.jocogov.org/OnlineMapping/Default.aspx, www.jocogov.org/residents/property-resources/land-records
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.