1. Nature of the Service
Bourne Residents Directory is a privately operated reference to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections associated with Bourne, Massachusetts. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with any office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable 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 involving credit, employment, tenant, or insurance matters
- Scrape, copy, or republish the content at scale
- Disrupt the service's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reporting Agency
This service is not a consumer reporting agency as that term is defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. Neither information here nor a result from a linked search tool is a consumer report, and neither may be used to evaluate eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.
4. Outside Links
Government portals and outside services, including sponsored search providers, apply their own terms and policies. We do not control their content, availability, price, or data practices.
5. No Warranties
The service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that site material is accurate, complete, or current, or that an outside portal will work or return correct results.
6. Limits of Liability
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 it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the service operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from misuse of the service or a violation 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 brief excerpts with attribution, but may not republish whole pages or systematically copy content.
9. Term Updates
We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use after a revision means acceptance.
10. Access Restrictions
We may restrict or block access, without notice and at our discretion, for a person who violates these terms or misuses the service.
11. Massachusetts Law
Massachusetts law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Public-record access is governed by the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66 §10, the exemptions and definition in G.L. c.4 §7, cl.26, and 950 CMR 32. No enacted Massachusetts comprehensive privacy statute granting a universal people-search deletion right was located in the research.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective.
13. Questions
Direct questions about these terms through the Contact page.