1. Nature of the Reference
Hayward Residents Directory is privately operated. It describes and links to public rolls, record indexes, and historical collections connected with Hayward and Alameda County, California. It does not host government files and has no affiliation with any office, court, library, or records custodian.
2. Acceptable Use
Use the reference only for lawful purposes. Neither it nor information reached through its links may be used 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 screening, insurance, or similar eligibility
- Scrape, copy, or republish the site's content at scale
- Interfere with the site's operation or security
3. No Consumer Reporting Function
Hayward Residents Directory is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Neither its text nor a linked tool's result is a consumer report, and neither may be used to judge eligibility for credit, employment, housing, insurance, or another purpose covered by that law.
4. External Portals
Alameda County, Hayward, California, library, archive, court, and third-party portals set their own terms and privacy rules. The reference is not responsible for an outside service's content, availability, fees, or data practices, including sponsored search tools.
5. No Warranty
The reference is supplied “as is” and “as available,” without warranties. No promise is made that a page is accurate, complete, current, or error free, or that a linked portal will remain available or return a correct result.
6. Liability Limits
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the operators are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages tied to use of the reference or an external resource, including action taken from a record found through a link.
7. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the operators harmless from a claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, that arises from misuse of the reference or a breach of these terms.
8. Copyright and Site Materials
Original wording, design, logo, and layout are protected by copyright. Linking to a page and quoting a short attributed excerpt is welcome; republishing full pages or copying the material systematically is not.
9. Revisions
A revised version may be posted here at any time. Continued use after a revision is posted means the revised terms are accepted.
10. Access Restrictions
Access may be blocked or limited when a user violates these terms or abuses the reference, at the operators' discretion and without advance notice.
11. California Law
California law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. References to public-records access concern the California Public Records Act, Government Code §§7920.000-7931.000. Privacy references concern the California Consumer Privacy Act, Civil Code §§1798.100 et seq., where applicable.
12. Severability
If a provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect.
13. Questions
Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact page.