Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Anything typed into a search box on this site travels to the outside provider that runs the search, and that company processes the request and returns the results. The terms entered are not stored or logged on this end.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to us is kept so that we can write back, and it stays with our team. We do not pass a message to anyone outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each page load hands our servers a small set of technical details about the visit:
- The pages that were viewed, along with the time spent on each
- The IP address assigned to the device
- The browser and its version
- The device type and operating system
- The referring site, when one sent the visitor here
- Timestamps for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files a device stores so we can see how the site is used, including which pages draw traffic and where readers leave. Analytics services help pull that traffic data together. A browser can be set to block cookies at any time, and some parts of the site may behave differently when that happens.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping pages online, stable, and quick to load
- Sending a search request to the partner service that handles it
- Learning which pages help readers and which need work
- Finding and repairing technical problems
- Serving advertising that may match a visitor's interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes general guidance about where Mason County records sit and how to request them from the courts that issue warrants, the clerks who keep the files, and the county offices that hold related records. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing collected about visitors is assembled into a consumer report or a file about a third party.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes here belong to outside companies. Whatever is entered into one of those tools is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one, including how long the data is kept and who sees it. We do not control those practices. Read the partner's policy before running a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links to court pages, sheriff and police pages, state agencies, legal resources, and third-party search tools. Following one of those links leaves this site, and the privacy policy of the destination governs the visit from that point. Read it before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across websites to select the ads a visitor sees. That tracking runs on their systems rather than ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Some information can reach other parties, including:
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Search partners that process the queries a visitor runs
- Advertising networks that place ads on these pages
- Law enforcement or a government body responding to a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
We follow ordinary security practices to protect the data we collect. No internet service is invulnerable, so while we take reasonable steps to keep information safe, 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 a minor has sent information to this site, contact us and it will be deleted.
Your Data Rights
Michigan has no single consumer privacy statute that grants every right listed in other states, and the protections that apply depend on the situation and on other law. Requests for government records held by a county agency, including the sheriff's office, follow the Michigan Freedom of Information Act at MCL 15.231 et seq., and that process belongs with the agency rather than with this site. For data held here, a visitor can ask what is on file and request a correction or a deletion.
- Request a copy of what this site holds about you.
- Ask for information that is wrong to be corrected.
- Ask for your data to be erased.
- Ask to be excluded from certain kinds of processing.
Updates to This Policy
This policy can change, and a revised version will appear on this page with a new effective date when it does. Check back to see how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026