1. What This Website Is
Garden Grove Residents Directory is a privately operated reference site. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and directory collections concerning people who live or lived in Garden Grove, California. The site does not host government records and is not affiliated with an office, court, or records custodian.
2. Rules for Using This Site
Use this site only in a lawful and respectful way. You may not use it or information 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. We Are Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.). Neither the material here nor results from a linked search tool are consumer reports, and none may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose covered by the FCRA.
4. Links to Outside Sites
Government portals and other services, including sponsored search tools, operate under their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control or guarantee their content, availability, prices, or handling of data.
5. No Warranties
The site is offered "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind. We do not promise that its information is accurate, complete, or current, or that an external portal will function or produce a correct result.
6. Limits on Our Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from this site or a linked resource, including a decision based on a record reached through it.
7. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the site operators harmless from claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that result from your misuse of the site or breach of these terms.
8. Intellectual Property
The site's original text, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Links and short attributed quotations are welcome; full-page republication and systematic copying are not.
9. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these terms by publishing a new version on this page. Continuing to use the site after a revision means that you accept the update.
10. Cutting Off Access
At our discretion, and without notice, we may block or limit access for a user who violates these terms or abuses the site.
11. Governing Law
These terms are governed by California law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. The California Public Records Act, Government Code §§7920.000 et seq., governs requests to California public agencies and does not turn this private reference site into a records custodian. The relevant Garden Grove or Orange County office controls its own records and access decisions.
12. Severability
If a provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.