Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Anything you type into a search box on this site travels straight to the third-party company that runs that tool. The provider processes the query and returns the results. We do not keep or log what you searched for.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we hold onto that message so we can write back. Your note stays with our team. We will not pass it to anyone outside our group unless the law requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page loads, our servers record a few technical details about the visit:
- The IP address your device is using
- The browser you are on and its version number
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you opened and how long each one stayed on screen
- The site that referred you here, when there is one
- A timestamp for every page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files placed on your device. They let us see how visitors move through the site, which pages draw the most traffic, and where readers tend to leave. Analytics services help us combine that traffic data into totals. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, though a few parts of the site may act differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site online, fast, and stable
- Passing your search request to the right partner service
- Learning which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, keep, assemble, or sell databases of warrants or personal warrant records. We publish general guidance about where Barnstable County warrant records sit and how to check them through the District Court clerks, the Superior Court clerk, and the Barnstable County Sheriff's Office. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors is built into a consumer report or a file about any third party.
Third-Party Search Partners
The search boxes here are run by outside companies. Whatever you enter into one of those tools is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners decide their own retention and sharing rules, and we have no control over them. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
We link out to court pages, the Sheriff's Office, state agencies, legal aid groups, and third-party search tools throughout the site. Following one of those links takes you off our pages, and the destination's privacy policy then governs your visit. Read it before you hand over personal details.
Some advertising partners may track your activity across sites to serve targeted ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Some information may reach:
- Search partners that handle a query you run here
- Analytics services we use to measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on our pages
- Law enforcement or government agencies responding to a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
We follow standard security practices to guard the data we collect. Nothing connected to the internet is fully safe, though. We take reasonable steps to protect your information, and we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent us data, contact us and we will delete it promptly.
Your Data Rights
Massachusetts consumer-protection law (M.G.L. c. 93A) and the state's data-security law (M.G.L. c. 93H) may give you added rights over your information, and federal rules apply in some cases too. At a minimum, you can:
- Ask for a copy of what we hold about you
- Have us correct information that is wrong
- Ask us to delete your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of data processing
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this privacy policy later. When that happens, the new version appears on this page with a fresh effective date. Check back if you want to track how we handle visitor information.
Effective date: September 15, 2026