1. Nature of This Website
Watertown Residents Directory is operated privately as a reference resource. It describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and directory collections concerning current and former Watertown, Wisconsin residents. The site does not host government records and is not connected with any government office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
You must use the site only in a lawful way. Neither the site nor information reached through it may be used 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. No Consumer Reports
Watertown Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Information presented here or returned through a linked search tool is not a consumer report. It must never be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.
4. External Services
Linked government portals, sponsored search tools, and other third-party services operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Their content, availability, prices, and handling of submitted data remain outside our control.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is supplied "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. No promise is made that its information will be accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or produce correct results.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the site's operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with use of this site or a linked resource. This limitation includes harm arising from decisions based on records found through those resources.
7. Your Duty to Indemnify
You agree to indemnify and hold the site's operators harmless from claims or demands caused by your misuse of the site or breach of these terms, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
8. Copyright and Site Content
Copyright protects the site's original writing, logo, design, and layout. You may link to a page or quote a short passage with attribution. Republishing whole pages and systematically copying site content are prohibited.
9. Updates to These Terms
A revised version of these terms may be posted here at any time. Your continued use after publication of a revision signifies acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may restrict or block access, without advance notice, when a user abuses the site or violates these terms.
11. Governing Law
Wisconsin law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public access to state and local government records is addressed by the Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§19.31-19.39, but that law does not make Watertown Residents Directory a government custodian or agency.
12. Severability
If a court finds any provision unenforceable, every remaining provision will continue in effect.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.