County report card · Michigan
Ionia County, Michigan
Vendor (Fidlar Technologies) policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 66,250
- Portal
- 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: ioniacounty.org/departments-officials/county-clerk/, ioniacounty.org/courts/circuit-court/, ioniacounty.org/courts/circuit-court/fees/, ioniacounty.org/courts/circuit-court/jury-information/, ioniacounty.org/courts/circuit-court/ppo/, ioniacounty.org/courts/circuit-court/probation-parole/, ioniacounty.org/departments-officials/county-clerk/elections/, ioniacounty.org/departments-officials/county-clerk/pay-online/, www.ioniacounty.org/online-services/, countyfusion3.kofiletech.us/countyweb/login.do?countyname=Ionia, ioniacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5580408d1a1145cebb561641a5c9895c, tapestry.fidlar.com
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.