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Terms of Use

Use of Wauwatosa Residents Directory is subject to these terms. By continuing, you agree to them. If you disagree, do not use the site.

1. Nature of the Website

Wauwatosa Residents Directory is an independent reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections concerning Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. No government records are hosted here. The service is not connected with a public office, court, or records custodian.


2. Acceptable Use Rules

Your use must remain lawful. 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. 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. § 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. External Services

Separate terms and policies govern public portals, sponsored search tools, and other outside services. We do not control their content, availability, prices, or treatment of data.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties. Accuracy, completeness, and timeliness are not guaranteed, and a linked portal may fail or produce an incorrect 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. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout of this site are protected by copyright. Linking to any page and quoting brief excerpts with attribution is welcome; republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.


9. Revisions to These Terms

A new version may be posted here. Use after that posting indicates acceptance of the revision.


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. Wisconsin Governing Law

Wisconsin law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access referenced on the site is governed by the Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§19.31-19.39.


12. Severability

If one provision cannot be enforced, all remaining provisions continue to apply.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.