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Terms of Use

These terms set the conditions for using Burlington Residents Directory. By using it, you agree to these conditions. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

1. The Nature of This Site

Burlington Residents Directory is a privately run reference resource. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning people who live or once lived in Burlington, Massachusetts. It does not host government records and is not connected with any government office, court, or records custodian.


2. Acceptable Use

Use this site only for legal purposes. You may not use the site or information reached through it to:

  • Stalk, threaten, harass, intimidate, or harm another person
  • Find a person protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit fraud or identity theft
  • Make FCRA-regulated decisions involving credit, employment, tenant, or insurance matters
  • Copy, scrape, or republish site content on a large scale
  • Disrupt the operation or security of the site

3. No Consumer Reports

This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither the material here nor results returned by linked search tools are consumer reports. They may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.


4. External Resources

Government portals, sponsored search tools, and other outside services operate under their own policies and terms. We do not control their content, availability, charges, or handling of data.


5. No Guarantees

The site is offered "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that its information is accurate, complete, or current, or that an outside portal will function or provide correct results.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent allowed by law, the site operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from use of this site or a linked resource, including decisions based on records reached through it.


7. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold the site operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, caused by your misuse of the site or breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The site’s original writing, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to pages and quote brief attributed excerpts, but may not republish full pages or systematically copy the content.


9. Updates to Terms

We may revise these terms by placing an updated version here. Continued use after the revision means you accept it.


10. Restricting Access

We may suspend, block, or limit access without notice when a user violates these terms or misuses the site.


11. Massachusetts Law

These terms are governed by Massachusetts law, without applying conflict-of-law principles. Public-record requests discussed on this site are subject to Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c. 66, § 10, and the definition of public records in M.G.L. c. 4, § 7(26), as applicable. No general Massachusetts consumer-privacy statute is asserted here.


12. Severability

If a court finds any provision of these terms unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect.


13. Questions

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