County report card · New York
Montgomery County, New York
County portal uses Cloudflare bot detection which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 49,648
- 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: www.co.montgomery.ny.us/web/sites/departments/realproperty/default.asp, www.searchiqs.com/NYMONT/Login.aspx, tax.neric.org/Search.aspx?district=270100&res=Result
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.