Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A search entered into a partner tool is delivered to the outside company that operates that tool. The provider processes the terms and supplies its results. We do not keep a separate log of the names or locations entered into those boxes.
Messages and Contact Submissions
When a visitor emails us, we retain the message long enough to review and answer it. We do not disclose a message outside our organization unless consent or a valid legal duty requires disclosure.
Data We Gather Automatically
Ordinary server and analytics logs can collect technical facts during a visit:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent on them
- Referring website, when available
- Date and time of each request
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files that help measure traffic and understand how readers move through the website. Analytics services may combine visit information into general performance reports. Browser controls can reject cookies, although some functions may then work differently.
What We Do With This Data
Collected information is used for limited operating purposes:
- Delivering pages and maintaining reliable performance
- Passing a chosen query to the correct search partner
- Measuring which resources readers use
- Finding faults and protecting the website
- Displaying advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not maintain, compile, or sell a database of personal criminal histories. The website explains how to reach Franklin County Sheriff's Office Records, the 20th Judicial Circuit, MSHP CJIS, Missouri Case.net, and the Missouri Sex Offender Registry. Visitor information is not turned into a consumer report or a file about the people named in official records. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the search boxes that appear on some pages. A partner's privacy policy, retention schedule, and sharing rules govern information submitted to its tool. We do not control those practices. Visitors should read the provider's terms before entering a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Franklin County offices, Missouri courts, MSHP, the Department of Corrections, registry systems, or private services. Once a visitor leaves this website, the destination's privacy rules apply. Review those rules before providing personal information.
Advertising companies may use their own technology to recognize activity across websites and select ads. That processing occurs on the advertiser's systems.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited data can be available to:
- A search partner selected by the visitor
- Analytics vendors that measure traffic and performance
- Advertising networks serving material on the website
- A government or law-enforcement body acting under valid legal process
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable technical and organizational safeguards are used for information under our control. No online transmission or storage system is completely secure, so we cannot promise that a breach or loss will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults. We do not knowingly seek personal information from a person under 18. If we learn that such information was submitted, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Your Data Rights
Missouri's Merchandising Practices Act, RSMo §407.020, addresses deceptive and unfair practices in trade or commerce. It does not create a general right to inspect or delete all data held by a private website. The Missouri Sunshine Law, Chapter 610, and criminal-history provisions in RSMo §§43.500 and 43.507 apply to government and repository records, not this private operator. Subject to applicable law and our need to retain lawful records, visitors may ask us to:
- Describe or provide personal data held about them
- Correct inaccurate personal information
- Delete information that no longer must be retained
- Stop optional processing when that choice is available
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this policy as services or legal duties change. A revised version becomes effective when posted here with a new date.
Effective date: July 30, 2026