1. Nature of This Service
Reading Residents Directory is a private reference that describes and links to public rolls, indexes, and directory collections concerning Reading, Massachusetts. It does not host government records and has no affiliation with a public office, court, library, Registry, or other custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use the service and any linked material only for lawful purposes. You must not use them 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. Consumer Report Restriction
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing on this service or from a linked tool is a consumer report, and it may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, have their own terms and policies. We are not responsible for their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.
5. No Warranties
The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties. We do not promise that its information is complete, accurate, or current, or that any outside portal will remain available or return a correct 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. Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms by posting a new version here. Continued use after a change means acceptance.
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. Massachusetts Law
Massachusetts law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-records questions remain subject to Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c. 66, §10, and its implementing regulations, 950 CMR 32.00.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms go through the Contact page.