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Privacy Policy

This policy explains the limited data Martinsburg Residents Directory receives, how it is handled, and the choices available to visitors. No account is required. The site points to public records and historical collections in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but it does not host government records or maintain personal profiles about residents.

Information You Submit

A name, phone number, or address entered in a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies those results. Our servers do not retain a copy of that query. When you contact us, we receive the information included in your message and use it to respond.


Information Collected Automatically

Standard hosting logs may record an IP address, browser type, visited pages, and timestamps. We review combined traffic data to maintain the site and understand page use. Basic analytics and advertising measurement may rely on cookies or related technology where applicable.


How We Use the Data

Limited data supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic measurement, and page improvements. We neither sell lists of visitors nor create individual visitor profiles.


Links to Other Websites

Links may lead to Berkeley County and West Virginia portals, library collections, archives, or outside search tools. Data entered after leaving this site is governed by that service’s privacy policy. The same rule applies to sponsored results supplied by a third party.


Who Might See Your Data

The service providers that host and support the site process server logs for us. Analytics and advertising partners may receive the automatic data described above. We disclose data when a valid legal process requires it, and not otherwise.


How We Protect Your Data

The site runs over an encrypted connection and logs are kept only as long as the purposes above need them. There are no accounts here, so no password or profile of yours exists on this site to be exposed.


Users Under 18

The site is meant for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18; if you believe a minor has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.


Your Data Rights

Rights to access, correct, or delete data held by a private website depend on applicable law and where you live. Because we retain little information, a request generally means checking our contact mailbox and available server logs, then removing data we control when required. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by Martinsburg, Berkeley County, or West Virginia remain outside our control. The West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, W.Va. Code §29B-1-1 et seq., governs access to nonexempt public records, not deletion from this private site. Questions about an official record must go to its custodian.


Updates to This Policy

Revisions will appear on this page. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.