1. Nature of the Service
Winston-Salem Residents Directory is a privately operated reference service. It points to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections relevant to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It does not host government records and is not connected with any records office, court, library, or custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use it, or material reached through it, 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 Reporting Notice
This service is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. ยง 1681 et seq. Nothing on it, including a result returned through a linked search tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. External Destinations
Government portals and third-party services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and policies. We are not responsible for their content, availability, prices, or data practices.
5. No Warranty
The service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that any content is accurate, complete, or current, or that a linked portal will operate or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages resulting from use of the service or a linked resource, including decisions made from records reached through it.
7. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The original copy, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links to pages and brief attributed quotations are permitted, but republishing full pages or systematically copying content is not.
9. Revisions to These Terms
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use after a revision means acceptance.
10. Restricting Access
We may block or limit a user who violates these terms or misuses the service, at our discretion and without notice.
11. Governing Law
North Carolina law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access discussed through the service is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act, Chapter 132, and to the record-specific statutes and exemptions that apply.
12. Severability
If a part of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining terms remain effective.
13. Questions
Direct questions about these terms through the Contact page.