County report card · Wisconsin
Crawford County, Wisconsin
Vendor policy on automation has not been resolved
- Population
- 16,008
- 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 challengereCAPTCHA
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.crawfordcountywi.gov/departments/propertylister, crawfordcountywi.org/registerofdeeds/index.htm, crawfordcowi.wgxtreme.com/, tapestry.fidlar.com, maps.sco.wisc.edu/Parcels/, www.crawfordcountywi.gov/departments/treasurer/PropertyTaxInformation
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.