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Terms of Use

These terms set the conditions for using East Ridge Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept them. Do not use the service if you do not accept these terms.

1. Nature of This Service

East Ridge Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public record indexes, historical directory collections, and the custodians that may hold evidence about East Ridge, Tennessee households. It does not host government records and is not connected to a government office, court, or records keeper.


2. Permitted Use Rules

Use the service for lawful purposes only. You may not use it or material reached through it to:

  • Stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person
  • Find someone protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit identity theft or fraud
  • Make an FCRA-regulated decision involving credit, employment, tenant screening, insurance, or another covered purpose
  • Scrape, copy, or republish service content at scale
  • Disrupt the service or compromise its security

3. No Consumer Reporting Role

This service is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing here, including a result supplied by a linked search tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to assess eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose covered by the FCRA.


4. Outside Links

Government portals and other services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control their content, availability, charges, or handling of submitted information.


5. No Warranties

The service is supplied "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that material is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will remain available or produce a correct result.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from use of this service or a linked resource, including decisions based on a record found through either.


7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold the service operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. You may link to a page and quote a brief attributed excerpt, but may not republish full pages or systematically copy the content.


9. Term Updates

We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Use after a revision constitutes acceptance.


10. Restricting Access

We may block or limit access, without notice and at our discretion, for a user who violates these terms or misuses the service.


11. Governing Law

Tennessee law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Access to existing Tennessee government records is addressed by the Tennessee Public Records Act, T.C.A. §§ 10-7-501 et seq., including the access provision at T.C.A. § 10-7-503; individual custodians also apply record-specific confidentiality laws.


12. Severability

If a provision of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.


13. Questions

Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.