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Terms of Use

These terms apply to use of Bridgewater Residents Directory. By using the service, you accept these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

1. Nature of This Service

Bridgewater Residents Directory is a privately operated reference resource. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections relevant to Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It does not host government records and is not affiliated with a custodian, court, agency, or library.


2. Acceptable Use

Use the service only for lawful purposes. You may not use the service or a result obtained through it to:

  • Stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm another person.
  • Locate a person protected by a restraining or protective order.
  • Commit fraud, identity theft, or other unlawful conduct.
  • Make a credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or other FCRA-regulated decision.
  • Scrape, copy, or republish the site at scale.
  • Interfere with the operation, availability, or security of the service.

3. Not a Consumer Reporting Agency

This service is not a consumer reporting agency as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1681-1681x. Nothing published here or returned by a linked tool is a consumer report, and none of it may be used to evaluate eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.


4. Outside Websites

Government portals, archives, libraries, and sponsored search services have their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control their content, availability, prices, result quality, or handling of submitted information.


5. No Warranties

The service is provided as is and as available. We make no warranty that content is accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, or suitable for a particular need, and we do not guarantee that an external portal will operate or return a correct result.


6. Liability Limits

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from use of this service or a linked resource, including decisions made from a record result.


7. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from misuse of the service or violation of these terms.


8. Intellectual Property

The original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a brief attributed excerpt is permitted. Republishing complete pages or systematically copying the content is not.


9. Changes to Terms

We may revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Continued use following the posting signifies acceptance of the revision.


10. Restricting Access

We may restrict or block access, without notice, when a user violates these terms or abuses the service.


11. Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The official public-records route referenced for Bridgewater records is the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66 §10, with definitions and exemptions in M.G.L. c.4 §7(26) and procedures in 950 CMR 32.00.


12. Severability

If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective.


13. Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.