County report card · Wisconsin
Langlade County, Wisconsin
No restrictions on automated access found in robots.txt or Terms of Use
- Population
- 19,535
- Portal
- 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 challengeNone detected
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: www.co.langlade.wi.us/departments/circuit-court-judge/, www.co.langlade.wi.us/departments/county-clerk/, www.co.langlade.wi.us/departments/land-records-and-regulations/, www.co.langlade.wi.us/departments/county-clerk/general/delinquent-tax-land-sale/, www.co.langlade.wi.us/departments/county-clerk/general/election-public-notice/, www.co.langlade.wi.us/departments/county-clerk/general/sober-living/
Doing well
No protections against automated access were found in this audit.
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 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.