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Privacy Policy

This policy describes information handled by Carolina Forest Residents Directory and the choices available to you. The service is a South Carolina public-records reference. It requires no account and does not keep a copy of the record searches made through its tools.

Information You Send

A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is handled by the outside provider that delivers the results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that search. A message sent to us contains only the information you choose to provide, and we use it to respond.


Automatically Collected Details

Hosting services create routine logs, such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time of visit. We review aggregate patterns to maintain the service and understand readership. Cookies or related tools can support basic analytics and, when applicable, advertising measurement.


How Information Is Used

We use this limited information to operate the service, fix problems, measure visits, and improve pages. We do not sell visitor lists or create individual user profiles.


Links to Other Websites

We link out to county and state records portals, library collections, archives, and third-party search tools. Their privacy policies, not ours, govern what you submit there. That is especially true of the sponsored search results, which a third-party company provides.


Who Might See Your Data

The service providers that host and support the site process server logs for us. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. We disclose data when a valid legal process requires it, and not otherwise.


How We Protect Your Data

The site runs over an encrypted connection and logs are kept only as long as the purposes above need them. There are no accounts here, so no password or profile of yours exists on this site to be exposed.


Users Under 18

The site is meant for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18; if you believe a minor has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.


Your Privacy Choices

You may ask about personal data this service keeps, request correction where appropriate, or ask for deletion. Because the service retains very little, these requests are usually limited to contact messages and server logs. Use the Contact page to make a request. Official records kept by South Carolina or Horry County are outside our control; contact the responsible custodian about those records.


Policy Changes

Revisions will appear here. Continuing to use the service after a revision means you accept the updated policy.