Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you type a name or a date of birth into a search box on this site, that entry goes to the outside provider that runs the search. The provider processes the query and returns results. On our side, the terms you type are not logged or stored.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we keep that message so we can write back. It stays with our team, and we do not pass it to anyone outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page here loads, our servers record a few technical details about the visit:
- The browser you are using and its version
- The IP address assigned to your device
- The pages you opened and how long each stayed on screen
- Your device type and operating system
- The site that referred you here, when there is one
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files stored on your device. They show us which pages draw the most visitors and where readers tend to leave. Analytics services help us roll that traffic data into totals. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, though parts of the site may respond differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
Visitor data serves a short list of purposes:
- Routing your search requests to the correct partner service
- Keeping pages loading quickly and the site online
- Learning which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Finding and repairing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not compile, host, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. We publish general guidance about where Worcester County court and sheriff records are held and how to check them through the issuing court clerk, the public case portal, and the sheriff's records office. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing collected about visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes here are operated by outside companies. Whatever you enter into one of those tools is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners set their own retention and sharing rules, and we do not direct them. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
We link to court pages, sheriff's office pages, legal aid organizations, and outside search services. Following one of those links takes you away from this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs your visit. Review it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across websites to target ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not on ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Limited information can reach:
- Search partners that handle queries you run here
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that serve advertisements on our pages
- Law enforcement or government offices when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
We apply standard security practices to the data we collect. No internet-connected service is invulnerable, however, so we cannot promise that a breach will never occur even though we work to prevent one.
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 given us data, contact us and we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Massachusetts law, including the data security rules for personal information at 201 CMR 17.00 and the consumer-protection statute at G.L. c. 93A, may give you rights over data a business holds about you. As a minimum, you can ask us to:
- Erase data we hold about you
- Provide a copy of what we have on file about you
- Correct information that is wrong
- Stop certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may change over time. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date. Check back if you want to track how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026