1. The Nature of This Website
Vernon Hills Residents Directory is a privately run reference that explains and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections associated with Vernon Hills, Illinois. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with the Village, Lake County, a court, or any records custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use the site only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or anything found through it, to:
- Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
- Locate someone protected by a restraining or protective order
- Commit identity theft or fraud
- Make FCRA-regulated decisions (credit, employment, tenant, insurance)
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq.). Nothing here, and nothing any linked search tool returns, is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Websites and Services
Official portals and third-party providers, including sponsored search services, set their own terms and privacy rules. Their content, uptime, charges, and data handling remain outside our control.
5. No Guarantees
The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties. We do not guarantee that content is complete, accurate, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or return an accurate result.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the maximum extent the law allows, we are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this site or any linked resource, including decisions made from records found through it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operators of this site from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the site or violation of these terms.
8. Site Intellectual Property
Copyright protects the site's original writing, design, logo, and layout. You may link to pages and quote short attributed passages, but may not republish complete pages or copy the content systematically.
9. Revisions to These Terms
A revised version may be posted here. Use of the site after that posting signifies acceptance of the updated terms.
10. Cutting Off Access
We may block or restrict any user who violates these terms or abuses the site, at our discretion and without notice.
11. Illinois Governing Law
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. References to public records concern the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.; that statute governs requests to public bodies and does not turn this private website into a records custodian.
12. Severability
If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.