County report card · Michigan
Delta County, Michigan
County portal uses Cloudflare bot detection which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 36,687
- 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 useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeCloudflare bot detection
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: deltacountymi.gov/, is.bsasoftware.com/bsa.is/AssessingServices/ServiceAssessingSearch.aspx?i=1&appid=0&unit=814, records.deltacountymi.org/landweb.dll/$/, deltacountymi.org/online-bill-pay/treasurer-bills/, app.fetchgis.com/?currentMap=cuppad&switchingMaps=false¢erLng=-86.59491655744135¢erLat=46.045069477541&mapZoom=9&pageSize=letter&pageOrientation=landscape&pageTitle=CUPPAD%20Region&subTitle=&northArrow=1&rptPIN=0&rptLayer=&rptMap=1&rptPic=1&rptTax=1&activeControl=layerControls&activeLayers=undefined&partialLayerGroups=undefined&opacity64=&printLegendLayers=
Doing well
- Technical barriers (cloudflare) that deter casual bulk access
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 steps that have worked in other counties to close gaps like this one:
1. Adding clear robots.txt rules that disallow automated scrapers
2. Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access
3. Implementing a notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.