County report card · New York
Monroe County, New York
County portal uses Cloudflare bot detection which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 752,202
- 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.txtYes — permissive
- Terms of useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeCloudflare bot detection
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: searchiqs.com/nymonr/, www2.monroecounty.gov/etc/rp/search.php, maps.monroecounty.gov/portal/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?id=28cc349e5f28446ba51a5185695e68d3&page=page_0, www.monroecounty.gov/finance-treasury
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.