Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Search boxes on this site are run by outside providers. Whatever you type into one goes to that provider, and the provider returns the result. We do not keep a copy of the names or dates you enter.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we hold the message so we can write back. It stays with our team and goes no further unless the law requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page loads, our servers record routine technical details about the visit:
- The IP address your device is using
- Your browser name and version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you opened and how long each stayed on screen
- The site that referred you here, if one did
- Timestamps for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
We use cookies, which are small files your browser stores, to see how visitors move through the site and which pages get used most. Analytics services roll that traffic into aggregate reports. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, and some parts of the site may work differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
- Keep the site online and loading quickly
- Pass a search request to the partner service that handles it
- Learn which pages help readers and which need work
- Find and fix technical problems
- Serve advertising that may reflect your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, build, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. We publish general guidance about where Oakland County warrant records are kept and how a reader can check them through the district courts, the sheriff's warrants unit, or the Circuit Court. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors becomes a consumer report about anyone.
Third-Party Search Partners
The search boxes here belong to outside companies. What you type into one is handled under that company's privacy policy rather than this one. Those companies set their own retention and sharing rules, and we do not control them. Read the partner's policy before you run a search.
Links to Other Websites
We link to court pages, sheriff's office pages, state statute pages, and third-party tools. Following one of those links takes you off this site, and the destination's privacy policy then applies. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners may track activity across websites to target ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Limited information may reach:
- Search partners that process a query you run here
- Analytics services that measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on our pages
- Law enforcement or a government body when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard security practices for the information we hold. No website connected to the internet can promise perfect safety, and we cannot guarantee 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 remove it.
Your Data Rights
Michigan law and federal law may give you rights over information a website holds about you, and the Michigan Freedom of Information Act at MCL 15.231 governs requests for records held by public bodies rather than by a private site. At a minimum, you can ask us to:
- Show you a copy of what we hold about you
- Correct anything that is wrong
- Delete your information
- Stop a particular use of your data
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this policy. When we do, the new version appears on this page with a fresh effective date, so check back if you want to track how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026