Every record shows its work.

Where the data comes from, how it's protected, and what to do if the data is about you.

Provenance

Everything in ClearTract traces to a government public record — permits, planning entitlements, and related filings read from 572 sources across 431 California cities and 49 counties. Every record links to its issuing jurisdiction and carries a dated status history. Contact details attach to the public-record identity, from the filings themselves and public professional sources. The coverage ledger lists every jurisdiction with real last-updated dates — including the ones we're behind on.

Security posture

  • Person-grain data is never anonymous: it sits behind authenticated, terms-bound accounts with row-level security, and contact data specifically requires a paid, contractual relationship.
  • This website is static and holds no live connection to the database — the numbers on it are published snapshots.
  • Cookieless analytics; no ad trackers anywhere on the site.
  • Subscribers are bound by terms that prohibit resale and bulk extraction.

If the data is about you

Why do you have information about me?

Because you're named on a public construction filing — a permit, a planning application, or a related public record. Jurisdictions publish these; we collect and link them. We don't buy consumer lists, track browsing, or scrape social media.

Is this legal?

Public records are public by law, and business-contact information is treated distinctly under California privacy law. That said, the law also gives you rights over information about you — to see it, correct it, delete it, or opt out of its sale — and we honor all of them, for everyone, regardless of state.

How do I get removed?

One email. See Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information — we suppress your information from everything the service returns, and keep only enough to make the suppression stick.

Do you have data on consumers?

Our subject matter is construction-industry activity: projects, permits, and the professionals and firms on them. It's business-to-business by design — we publish coverage of jurisdictions, not people's private lives.

The full mechanics are onDo Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, and a human reads [email protected].