County report card · Ohio
Allen County, Ohio
Vendor (Schneider Geospatial) policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 100,866
- Portal
- Assessor & Recorder
- Portal vendor
- Schneider Geospatial
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 challengereCAPTCHA
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: recorderexternal.allencountyohio.com/paxworld/, www.allencountyohauditor.com/, gis.allencountyohio.com/Freeance/Client/PublicAccess1/index.html?appconfig=AllenCountyGIS, www.allencountyohtreasurer.com/
Doing well
- Technical barriers (recaptcha) that deter casual bulk access
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.