Information You Provide Yourself
Search Queries
A name typed into one of the third-party search boxes on this site travels to the provider that operates the tool. This site does not store those terms and does not log them on its own end.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you send a message through the site's contact link, it is kept only long enough to read it and reply. It is not sold, and it is not shared outside the site's small team unless the law requires it.
What Gets Collected Automatically
Like nearly every website, each page load hands over a few technical details. Depending on the browser and the services in play, that can include:
- your IP address
- the browser and its version
- the device type and operating system
- which pages were opened and how long they stayed open
- the site that sent you here, when one did
- the date and time of each visit
Cookies
Cookies may be set to count visits and see how pages are used. Every major browser can block or delete them. The site keeps working if you do, although a feature here or there may behave differently.
How the Data Gets Used
- keeping the site running and its pages loading quickly
- passing search requests to the partner service that processes them
- learning which pages actually help readers
- spotting and fixing technical problems
- supporting the advertising that pays for the site, which partners run on their own systems
Links to Other Websites
These pages link to sheriff's rosters, court portals, state corrections searches, local news archives, and third-party lookup tools. Once you click through, the destination site and its own privacy policy take over. This site has no window into what happens there.
Some advertising partners may measure activity across websites to tailor the ads a person sees. Where that happens, it runs on the partner's systems rather than this one.
Who Might See Data
Personal data is not sold. Beyond the site's own team, information can reach only a short list of parties:
- search partners that handle queries submitted through their tools
- analytics services that count and measure traffic
- advertising networks that serve or measure ads
- law enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order
How Data Is Protected
Standard security practices are followed for the little data that exists here. No internet-connected system is fully secure, though, and no promise of that kind is made.
Visitors Under 18
This site is written for adults. It does not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If a minor submitted information anyway, send word through the contact link and it will be deleted.
Your Choices About Data
- ask what data, if any, is held about you
- request a correction to wrong information
- request that held data be deleted
- opt out of certain kinds of processing
Because the site creates no accounts and stores almost nothing, most of these requests will be short ones.
Changes to This Policy
Privacy practices may be revisited as the site changes. Any update will be posted on this page with a new effective date, and continued use of the site after that means acceptance of the current version.