LACSLink

LACSLink™ Overview

Since the mid 1980s, the 911 emergency response system has meant the conversion of rural route-style addresses to city-style street names across America. 911 automatically associates a physical address with the telephone number from which an emergency call is made to police, fire or ambulance so authorities can respond faster.

Understanding that this could affect mailers, the USPS® originally developed the Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS). This provided mailers with an automated method of obtaining new address information when a 911 conversion occurred. Now the Postal Service™ Address Management group is offering LACSLink, which features the same secure data store design and encryption technology used in NCOALink™. This "Link" technology maintains the privacy and security of the data while allowing mailers easy access when they have an outdated address that needs to be converted. Mailers can only obtain the new address if they already possess the old address.

Peachtree Data receives monthly LACSLink updates.

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