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Terms of Use

These terms apply to use of Town of Colonie Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept these terms. Do not use the service if you do not accept them.

1. Nature of the Service

Town of Colonie Residents Directory is a privately operated reference that describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections related to Town of Colonie, New York. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with a records office, court, library, or agency.


2. Acceptable Use

Use this service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it or any linked material to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm a person.
  • Find a person protected by a restraining or protective order.
  • Commit fraud or identity theft.
  • Make FCRA-regulated decisions about credit, employment, housing, insurance, or tenant screening.
  • Scrape, copy, or republish content at scale.
  • Disrupt the service or interfere with its security.

3. Consumer Report Notice

This service is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Nothing here or returned by a linked tool is a consumer report, and it may not be used for credit, employment, housing, insurance, tenant screening, or another FCRA-regulated purpose.


4. Outside Links

Government portals, sponsored search services, and other external resources keep their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.


5. No Warranty

The service is provided as is and as available. We do not promise that content is complete, current, accurate, uninterrupted, or suitable for a particular use, and we cannot guarantee the performance or result of a linked portal.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages connected with use of this service or a linked resource, including a decision made from a record found through it.


7. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the service operators from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from misuse of the service or a violation of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

Original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Brief quoted excerpts with attribution and ordinary links are welcome. Republishing complete pages or systematically copying their content is prohibited.


9. Term Updates

We may revise these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a revision constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.


10. Access Restrictions

We may restrict or block access, without notice, for conduct that violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. New York Law

These terms are governed by New York law without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record requests described on this service are subject to New York Freedom of Information Law, Public Officers Law Article 6, especially §§87 and 89, and to record-specific confidentiality rules.


12. Severability

If a provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective.


13. Questions About Terms

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.