Last Updated: November 5, 2026
MD Property Checker (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit https://mdpropertychecker.com (the “Website”), how we use it, how it may be shared with third-party service providers, and the choices and rights available to you.
By using our Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent, we will request your consent before processing personal information for purposes that require it.
1. Who We Are
MD Property Checker is an independent property research website that provides property search information and related resources.
We are not a government agency and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the State of Maryland, the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), or any Maryland county.
Contact Information:
MD Property Checker
100 S Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Email: info@mdpropertychecker.com
Phone: 667-309-8376
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Website, and through third-party services that support our website functionality.
2.1 Information You Provide to Us
When you contact us through our contact form or email, we may collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The contents of your message
- Any property address, parcel number, or other details you voluntarily provide
We use this information to respond to inquiries, investigate reported issues, address support requests, and improve our Website.
2.2 Comments
If you leave a comment on our Website, we may collect the information displayed in the comment form, including your name, email address, and website (if provided).
We may also collect your IP address and browser user-agent string to help detect spam and protect our Website.
Your email address is not publicly displayed. If you choose to save your details in the comment form, a cookie may be stored in your browser for your convenience for up to one year.
Comments may be checked through an automated spam-detection service.
2.3 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our Website, certain information may be collected automatically by our hosting provider, analytics services, advertising partners, and other website technologies.
This information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Referring website or search terms
- Approximate location, such as city or region, derived from your IP address
- Date and time of your visit
- Website interaction and usage information
We use this information to maintain website security, understand visitor behavior, measure website performance, and improve our content and services.
3. Property Search Tools
Our property search tools allow visitors to search property information using details such as county, property address, owner name, or parcel number.
Search terms entered into these tools may be processed to retrieve property information, operate the search functionality, and improve our services.
The property information displayed in search results, including owner names, mailing addresses, property assessments, and sales details, is obtained from publicly available Maryland government sources.
We do not create the underlying government records, and the information displayed may be incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated.
Please do not enter passwords, financial account numbers, Social Security numbers, or other sensitive personal information into any search box or form on this Website.
Requests to Correct or Remove Information
If you believe that information displayed on our Website about you or your property is incorrect, or you would like us to review its display, please contact us at:
Include the property address or parcel number and a description of your request.
We will review your request and respond within a reasonable time. Since the underlying information comes from public records, the original record may remain available through the relevant government source. Corrections to official records must be requested from the appropriate government agency.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
We and our third-party service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies to:
- Make the Website function properly
- Remember visitor preferences
- Understand website traffic and visitor behavior
- Measure website performance
- Protect against spam, fraud, and security threats
- Support website engagement features
- Support advertising measurement and personalization where applicable
You can manage, block, or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some Website features.
Where required by applicable law, visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland may be presented with a consent banner before non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used.
You may change your cookie preferences through the available privacy settings on our Website, where provided.
5. Grow by Mediavine
Our Website uses Grow by Mediavine, a service provided by Mediavine, Inc. Grow offers reader engagement features that may allow visitors to interact with Website content, save or bookmark content, create or use an account, and access other available engagement features.
When you interact with Grow or use its available features, Mediavine may collect or process certain information, depending on the features you use.
This information may include:
- Email address, when you register for or subscribe to a Grow feature
- Device and browser information
- IP address and approximate location
- Website activity and interaction information
- Cookies and similar technologies
- Information associated with your Grow account, preferences, and engagement activities
Mediavine may use this information to provide Grow services, support account functionality, improve its services, and carry out other activities described in its applicable privacy notices.
If you provide your email address through a Grow-managed registration, subscription, or engagement feature, Mediavine may process that information in accordance with its own privacy practices.
We do not independently control all information collected or processed by Grow. Mediavine’s collection, use, and sharing of personal information are governed by its own privacy notices.
For additional information about how Mediavine handles personal information, please review:
- Mediavine Legal & Privacy Center: https://www.mediavine.com/legal-and-privacy-center/
- Mediavine Privacy Choices: https://privacy.mediavine.com/
If you use a Grow-managed newsletter or subscription feature, you may unsubscribe using the unsubscribe option provided in the relevant email.
For privacy requests relating to information collected directly by Mediavine through Grow, you may contact Mediavine at privacy@mediavine.com or use its Privacy Request Center.
6. Advertising and Third-Party Advertising Services
Our Website may use third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense or other advertising providers, if enabled.
These advertising providers may use cookies, device identifiers, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to:
- Display advertisements
- Measure advertising performance
- Prevent fraudulent advertising activity
- Understand visitor interests
- Provide personalized or interest-based advertisements where permitted by applicable law and visitor consent
Third-party advertising providers may collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements that may be relevant to your interests.
We do not directly control all cookies or tracking technologies used by third-party advertising providers. Their data collection and processing activities are governed by their respective privacy policies.
You may manage personalized advertising preferences through:
- Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/
- Digital Advertising Alliance: https://optout.aboutads.info/
- Network Advertising Initiative: https://thenai.org/opt-out/
Even if you opt out of personalized advertising, you may continue to see non-personalized advertisements.
7. Analytics and Other Third-Party Services
We may use third-party analytics, hosting, security, performance, and anti-spam services to operate and improve our Website.
These services may include Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and other service providers.
Such providers may collect information including IP addresses, browser information, device details, referring sources, and website usage activity, depending on the services enabled.
We use this information to:
- Understand website traffic
- Identify popular pages and content
- Monitor technical performance
- Detect website errors and security issues
- Improve the visitor experience
To learn more about Google Analytics data collection or opt out, visit:
8. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information collected through our Website to:
- Operate and maintain our Website and property search tools
- Respond to questions and support requests
- Review property information correction requests
- Improve our content, tools, and website functionality
- Monitor website traffic and performance
- Detect and prevent spam, fraud, and security incidents
- Support reader engagement features
- Display and measure advertising where applicable
- Comply with legal obligations
- Enforce our Terms and Conditions
We do not sell personal information for direct monetary payment. However, certain third-party advertising and data-processing activities may constitute a sale or sharing of personal information under applicable privacy laws.
9. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA, UK, and Switzerland)
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process personal information where we have an appropriate legal basis.
These legal bases may include:
- Consent: Where you have given permission for non-essential cookies, personalized advertising, or other processing activities that require consent.
- Legitimate Interests: To operate, secure, maintain, and improve our Website and respond to inquiries, where our interests do not override your rights.
- Legal Obligations: Where processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
10. How We Share Information
We may share information with third parties in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We may share information with hosting providers, analytics providers, security services, anti-spam providers, and other vendors that help operate our Website.
Grow by Mediavine: When visitors interact with Grow features, relevant information may be processed by Mediavine under its own privacy notices and applicable terms.
Advertising Partners: Third-party advertising providers may collect or receive information through cookies and similar technologies to deliver, measure, and personalize advertisements where permitted.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose information when required by law, legal process, court order, or government request, or when necessary to protect our legal rights, users, or Website.
Business Transfers: If our Website or business is sold, transferred, merged, or reorganized, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
11. Third-Party Links
Our Website may contain links to government websites, public records portals, and other third-party websites.
We do not control these external websites and are not responsible for their content, security, or privacy practices.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before submitting personal information.
12. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to inquiries, maintaining security, resolving disputes, and complying with legal obligations.
Contact form messages and comments may be retained until they are no longer needed for these purposes or until deletion is requested, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Information collected independently by third-party providers, including Mediavine, is subject to their respective retention policies.
13. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information handled through our Website against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, and disclosure.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
14.1 Rights for Visitors in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your personal information
- Restrict certain processing activities
- Object to certain processing activities
- Request data portability
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Lodge a complaint with your relevant data protection authority
14.2 Rights for U.S. Residents (Including California)
Depending on your state of residence, including under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to:
- Know what categories of personal information we collect, use, and disclose
- Request access to or a copy of your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Request deletion of personal information, subject to legal exceptions
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising
- Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, where applicable
- Not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights
We do not sell personal information for direct monetary payment. However, certain advertising and analytics activities may qualify as a sale or sharing under some state privacy laws.
Where required, you can exercise applicable opt-out rights through our available privacy settings or by using a recognized browser-based opt-out preference signal, such as Global Privacy Control (GPC).
We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
14.3 How to Make a Privacy Request
To exercise your privacy rights regarding information handled directly by MD Property Checker, email:
Please use the subject line Privacy Request and explain your request.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests. You may also use an authorized agent where permitted by applicable law.
For information collected or processed directly by Mediavine through Grow, please contact Mediavine at:
15. Do Not Track
Some browsers provide a Do Not Track (DNT) feature that allows users to express a preference not to be tracked.
There is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to DNT signals. Our Website may not respond to all DNT signals.
Where required by applicable law, we honor recognized opt-out preference signals, including Global Privacy Control (GPC).
16. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through our Website, please contact us at info@mdpropertychecker.com so that we can review and take appropriate action.
17. International Visitors
MD Property Checker is operated from the United States.
Information collected through our Website may be processed and stored in the United States and other countries where our hosting providers, analytics services, and third-party service providers operate.
These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country.
Where required by applicable law, we take appropriate measures to protect personal information transferred internationally.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Website, services, third-party integrations, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will publish the updated policy on this page and revise the “Last Updated” date.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.
19. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our information collection practices, or wish to submit a privacy request, please contact us:
MD Property Checker
100 S Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Email: info@mdpropertychecker.com
Phone: 667-309-8376
Contact Page: https://mdpropertychecker.com/contact-us/