County report card · Michigan
Calhoun County, Michigan
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 133,785
- 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.txtNot checked
- Terms of useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeNone detected
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/clerk_and_register_of_deeds/index.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/clerk_and_register_of_deeds/circuit_court_clerk.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/clerk_and_register_of_deeds/elections.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/courts/circuit_court/index.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/courts/probate_court/index.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/courts/friend_of_the_court/index.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/courts/jury_services/index.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/courts_and_sheriff/index.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/clerk_and_register_of_deeds/elections_page.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/treasurers_office/property_tax_assistance.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/courts/circuit_court/filing_fees.php, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/clerk_and_register_of_deeds/clerk_deeds_e-recording.php, bsaonline.com/?uid=662, countyfusion7.kofiletech.us/countyweb/login.do?countyname=CalhounMI, app.fetchgis.com/?currentMap=calhoun, www.calhouncountymi.gov/departments/treasurers_office/index.php
Doing well
No protections against automated access were found in this audit.
Room to grow
- 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.