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Terms of Use

These terms apply to use of Gardner Residents Directory. By using the service, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the service or information reached through it.

1. Nature of the Service

Gardner Residents Directory is privately operated. It organizes and links to public-record access routes, record indexes, and historical directory resources relating to Gardner, Massachusetts. It does not host government records and has no connection with any government office, court, records custodian, or library.


2. Permitted Use

Use this service only for a lawful purpose. You may not use this service or material reached through it to:

  • Stalk, harass, threaten, intimidate, or harm a person
  • Find someone protected by a restraining or protective order
  • Commit fraud, identity theft, or another unlawful act
  • Make FCRA-regulated credit, employment, tenant, insurance, or other covered decisions
  • Scrape, reproduce, or republish site content at scale
  • Disrupt the operation or security of the service

3. No Consumer Reports

Gardner 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 tool, is a consumer report. It may not be used to determine eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another FCRA-covered purpose.


4. Outside Resources

Official portals, libraries, archives, sponsored search tools, and other linked services maintain their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control their information, availability, charges, data practices, or results.


5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The service is supplied on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no warranty that site information is complete, current, accurate, uninterrupted, or suitable for a particular purpose, and no warranty that a linked portal will function or return accurate information.


6. Limits of Liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from use of this service, a linked resource, or a decision made from information reached through either.


7. Responsibility for Misuse

You agree to indemnify and hold the operators harmless from a claim, demand, loss, or reasonable attorney fee arising from your misuse of the service or breach of these terms.


8. Site Material

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


9. Changes to Terms

We can revise these terms by posting an updated version here. Using the service after the update takes effect means you accept the revised terms.


10. Restricting Access

We may limit or block access, without notice, for conduct that violates these terms, endangers people, or interferes with the service.


11. Massachusetts Law

Massachusetts law governs these terms, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Government records cited by the service are subject to Massachusetts public-records law, including MGL c. 66 and MGL c. 4, §7(26), plus records-specific restrictions that may apply.


12. Severability

If a court finds one part of these terms unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.


13. Contact Questions

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