County report card · Michigan
Lake County, Michigan
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 13,005
- 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: lakecountymi.gov/circuit-court/, lakecountymi.gov/delinquent-property-taxes-online/, lakecountymi.gov/assessors/, is.bsasoftware.com/bsa.is/AssessingServices/ServiceAssessingSearch.aspx?p=13-715-013-00&dp=13-715-013-00&i=1&appid=0&actSn=6796&actSna=ECHO+LAKE+DR&actDir=W&unit=600, lrs.lakecountymi.gov/landweb.dll/$/, lakecountymi.gov/treasurer/
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.