Information You Choose to Send
Terms Entered in Search Tools
A name, location, or other term entered in a search box is transmitted to the third-party company that operates that tool. This site does not keep its own log of those search terms. The provider's separate policy controls its handling of the query.
Emails and Other Messages
When someone sends an email or contact message, we retain enough information to read and answer it. We do not share the message outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Ordinary server and analytics systems can receive basic technical details each time a page loads. Those details may include:
- The internet protocol address used for the visit
- The browser name and version
- The device category and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent on them
- The referring website, when supplied
- The date and time of each request
Cookies and Browser Controls
Cookies help measure how visitors move through the site. A browser can reject or delete them, although blocking cookies may change how some functions behave.
Reasons We Use the Data
Collected information is used only for operating, assessing, and supporting the service.
- Maintain performance and availability
- Send a search request to the selected provider
- Understand which pages visitors find useful
- Diagnose errors and security issues
- Display advertising that may reflect user interests
Privacy Beyond This Website
Links may lead to JSO release records, FDC searches, court portals, federal locators, or private search services. Once a visitor leaves, the destination's privacy policy governs its collection and use of data.
Advertising companies may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites and select interest-based ads. That tracking occurs through the advertiser's technology, not a record system maintained by this site.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited data may be available to:
- Search providers that process an entered query
- Analytics vendors that measure site use
- Advertising networks that deliver ads
- Law enforcement or another government body acting under a valid legal order
Reasonable Security Measures
We use standard safeguards appropriate to a public website. No internet service is fully secure, however, and we cannot promise that every transmission or stored item will remain free from unauthorized access.
Visitors Under Eighteen
The service is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may contact us to request deletion.
Your Information Choices
Subject to applicable law and the data actually held, a person may ask us to:
- Provide a copy of personal data we retain
- Correct inaccurate personal information
- Delete eligible information
- Stop certain forms of processing
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this notice as practices or legal requirements change. A new version becomes effective when posted here with its updated effective date.