Information You Submit
A name, telephone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party result provider. Southold Residents Directory does not retain a copy of those search terms. If you contact us, we receive the information in your message and use it to respond.
Automatic Technical Data
Hosting services create customary logs such as an IP address, browser type, viewed page, and timestamp. We use aggregated information to operate and improve the site. Cookies or similar tools may support basic analytics and, where relevant, advertising measurement.
How Limited Data Is Used
Limited data supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic measurement, and page improvements. We do not sell visitor lists or create profiles of individual visitors.
External Record Links
Links may lead to Southold, Suffolk County, New York State, library, archive, or third-party search services. Each destination controls the information you submit there under its own policy. This also applies to sponsored results supplied by a third party.
Parties That Process Data
Hosting and support providers process technical logs for us. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. Information is disclosed when valid legal process requires it and otherwise only as stated here.
Data Safeguards
The site uses an encrypted connection, and technical logs are retained only for the operational purposes described above. There are no user accounts, passwords, or visitor profiles maintained by this site.
Visitors Under 18
This reference is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. Contact us if you believe a minor sent information so it can be removed.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, or deletion of personal data a website keeps. New York's Personal Privacy Protection Law concerns personal data held by state agencies; it does not give this private reference control over records held by Southold, Suffolk County, or other custodians. Because we keep very little, requests are usually limited to our contact mailbox and technical logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Direct a public-record correction or removal request to the office that maintains it.
Policy Changes
Any revised policy will appear on this page. Continued use after publication of a revision means you accept the updated policy.