Information You Send
A name, phone number, or address entered into a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies the result. Lake Forest Residents Directory does not keep a copy of those search terms on its own servers. A message sent to us contains whatever you choose to include, and we use that information to answer.
Routine Technical Logs
The host may record an IP address, browser details, viewed pages, and timestamps. Those logs help maintain the service and measure broad use rather than build a profile of a named visitor. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and, where used, advertising measurement.
How It Is Used
Technical data is used to operate the reference, troubleshoot faults, understand aggregate traffic, and improve pages. We do not sell a visitor list or create individual user profiles from ordinary site use.
External Portals and Links
Pages point to county and state custodians, library databases, archives, and sponsored search tools. Once you leave this reference, the destination’s policy controls what it receives and retains. The same rule applies to any form hosted by an outside provider.
Possible Recipients
Hosting and technical providers may process the logs needed to serve the pages. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the limited automatic information described above where those tools are enabled. Disclosure can also occur when valid legal process requires it.
Security and Retention
The site uses an encrypted connection, and logs are retained only for the purposes described above and related operational needs. There are no resident accounts, passwords, or user profiles stored here for an attacker to access.
Children
Lake Forest Residents Directory is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent information to the contact mailbox, tell us and we will remove it from the material we control.
Your California Choices
California’s Consumer Privacy Act, Civil Code section 1798.100 et seq., as amended by the CPRA, can provide rights to know, delete, correct, opt out of sale or sharing, limit certain sensitive-information uses, and avoid discrimination. Those rights apply to covered business data, not automatically to every public record. Because this reference retains little direct visitor data, a request usually means checking the contact mailbox and available logs, then removing what we control. Use the Contact page. Deeds, court files, assessor records, and other records held by California, Orange County, or Lake Forest custodians must be addressed to those custodians.
Policy Changes
When this policy changes, the revised text will be posted here with its effective context. Continued use after an update indicates acceptance of the new version.