Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Anything typed into a search box on this site passes straight to the outside provider that runs that tool, which processes the query and returns results. We do not keep a copy of the names or dates people enter.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to us is stored so we can answer it, and it stays inside our team. We do not hand a message to anyone outside the organization unless the law requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each page view generates routine technical data on our servers:
- The IP address your device uses for the connection
- The browser and browser version you are running
- Your operating system and device type
- Which pages you opened and how long each stayed on screen
- The referring page or site, when one exists
- Time stamps for each request
Cookies and Analytics
This site sets cookies, the small files that show us how visitors move through the pages and where they stop reading. Analytics services help us total that traffic. Browser settings can block cookies, although some parts of the site may behave differently when they do.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping pages online and loading quickly
- Sending a search request to the partner service that handles it
- Learning which pages help readers and which need revision
- Tracking down and repairing technical faults
- Displaying advertising that may relate to visitor interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, sell, or maintain a warrant database. We publish general guidance about where Bristol County warrant records live, including the Massachusetts court that issued the case, the clerk-magistrate who keeps the docket, the Bristol County Sheriff's Office for custody and civil process, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles for certain license consequences. Nothing we collect about visitors is assembled into a consumer report or a file about another person, and we are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes here are operated by other companies. A query entered into one of those tools is handled under that company's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners decide their own retention and sharing practices, so read their policy before submitting a search.
Links to Other Websites
We link to Massachusetts court pages, sheriff's office pages, state agency guidance, legal aid resources, and outside search services. Following one of those links leaves this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs the visit. Read it before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across sites to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems, and we do not control it.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Limited information can reach:
- Search partners that process queries submitted on this site
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Advertising networks that place ads on these pages
- Courts or law enforcement when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
We apply standard security practices to the data we hold. No internet service can promise perfect protection, and we cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur despite our efforts.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18, and a parent or guardian who believes a minor shared data with us can ask us to remove it.
Your Data Rights
Massachusetts law shapes what a site must disclose, including the public records framework in G.L. c. 66, Section 10 and the exemptions listed in G.L. c. 4, Section 7(26), and other states' privacy and consumer-protection rules can add rights depending on where a visitor lives. At a minimum, a visitor can ask to:
- Receive a copy of the data we hold about them
- Correct information that is wrong
- Have their data erased
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy can change. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date, so a returning reader can see what changed and when.
Effective date: September 15, 2026