Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Search boxes on this site are operated by third-party providers. When you type a name or a date of birth into one of them, the entry goes to that provider, which runs the query and returns the results. Nothing typed into those boxes is stored on this site.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email this site, the message is kept so it can be answered. It stays with the people who run the site and is not passed to anyone outside the organization unless a legal obligation makes that necessary.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each page load produces a small amount of technical information in the server logs for this site:
- The address your device uses on the network
- The browser you are using, with its version
- The kind of device and operating system behind the visit
- Which pages were opened and how long each one stayed on screen
- The referring site, when a link brought you here
- The time of each page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files placed on a device to measure how the site is used. Analytics services turn that traffic into aggregate reports that show which pages help readers and where they stop. A browser can be set to refuse cookies at any time, and some parts of the site may behave differently when they are blocked.
What We Do With This Data
The technical information described above is used for a small set of purposes, and none of them involves building a profile of a visitor.
- Keeping the pages online and loading quickly
- Passing a search request to the partner that handles it
- Learning which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Serving advertising that may relate to a visitor's interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants, warrant lists, or personal record information. The pages describe where a Somerset County case is held and how to reach the office that holds it, which means the District Court and Circuit Court clerks in Princess Anne, the Sheriff's Office in Westover, and the state case index. Court files are open under the Maryland rules, and agency records are available under the Maryland Public Information Act, and both are requested from the office that holds them rather than from this site.
Nothing gathered about visitors here is assembled into consumer reports or into files about third parties.
Third-Party Search Partners
The search boxes on these pages belong to outside companies, and each one applies its own privacy policy to whatever is entered there. Those partners decide how long they keep a query and whether they share it, and this site has no control over either choice. Reading a partner's policy before running a search is the only way to know what happens to the entry.
Links to Other Websites
These pages link out to court pages, sheriff's office pages, state agencies, legal aid organizations, and search tools. Following one of those links leaves this site, and the destination's own privacy policy then applies to the visit. It is worth reading before any personal detail is shared with that site.
Some advertising partners track activity across sites to select the ads a visitor sees. That tracking runs on their systems rather than on this one.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold here. A limited amount of information can reach the following parties:
- Search partners that process a query run from one of the boxes
- Analytics services used to measure traffic and performance
- Advertising networks that place ads on these pages
- A court or law enforcement body when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
Standard security practices are used to protect what this site collects. No site connected to the internet can promise perfect safety, and this one does not pretend otherwise. Reasonable steps are taken to protect stored information, and no guarantee is made that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. Personal information is not knowingly collected from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent information here, contact us and it will be deleted.
Your Data Rights
Privacy and consumer-protection rules in Maryland and in the states where visitors live may give added rights over personal data. At a minimum, a visitor can:
- Ask for a copy of the information held about them
- Ask to correct information that is wrong
- Ask for stored data to be erased
- Refuse certain kinds of data processing
Requests can be sent through the contact page, and a public-records request for a Somerset County court or agency record goes to the clerk or agency that holds the file rather than to this site.
Updates to This Policy
This policy can change as the site changes. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date so readers can see what moved.