1. Nature of This Reference
Bluffton Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, indexes, and historical collections related to Bluffton, South Carolina. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with any office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Permitted Use
Use this 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. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Bluffton Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Nothing here, including a result from a linked service, is a consumer report or may be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Links and Outside Services
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored-search providers, publish their own terms and privacy rules. We do not control their content, availability, pricing, or data practices.
5. No Warranty
The service is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that information is accurate, complete, or current, or that any linked portal will operate or return correct results.
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
Original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and short attributed excerpts are welcome. Republishing whole pages or systematically copying site content is not permitted.
9. Changes to Terms
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use after that posting accepts the revision.
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. Governing Law
South Carolina law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-records access discussed in the service is subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 30-4-10 through -165, and other applicable confidentiality laws.
12. Severability
If any part of these terms proves unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
13. Questions
Send questions about these terms through the Contact page.