Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or birth date entered in a search tool is transmitted to the outside provider that operates that feature. The provider processes the request and supplies its results. We neither retain nor record those query terms on our systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to us is kept as needed to prepare a response. It remains internal unless disclosure is required by a legal duty.
Data We Gather Automatically
Loading a page can cause the servers to receive routine technical information about the visit:
- Your device's assigned IP address
- The browser name and version
- Operating system and general device category
- Pages opened and the time spent on them
- A referring website, when one is reported
- The date and time associated with each request
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files used to understand patterns such as popular pages and common exit points. Analytics providers combine this traffic information for reporting. Browser controls can reject cookies, although disabling them may change how some features operate.
What We Do With This Data
- Operating the service and maintaining page performance
- Routing a search request to the selected outside provider
- Evaluating which material visitors use and where revisions may help
- Diagnosing faults and correcting technical problems
- Displaying advertising that may reflect inferred interests
No Warrant Data on File
No warrant database or collection of personal warrant data is hosted, assembled, maintained, or sold here. The resource instead identifies official Clarke County channels such as Iowa Courts Online, the Clarke County Clerk of Court, and the Sheriff's Office. The IOWA System remains restricted to authorized agencies and is not offered as a public tool. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and information from visitors is not turned into reports about third parties.
Third-Party Search Partners
Independent companies supply the search-box services. Information submitted there is governed by the selected provider's privacy notice rather than this policy. Each provider determines its own retention and disclosure practices. Read those terms before entering a query because we do not control them.
Links to Other Websites
A link can lead to a Clarke County office, an Iowa Judicial Branch page, a legal-aid resource, or an outside search service. Once a visitor leaves, the destination's own privacy terms apply. Check them before providing personal information.
Some advertising providers may observe activity across multiple websites to select ads. That activity occurs within their systems rather than ours.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal information is not sold. It may nevertheless be received by limited categories of recipients:
- Outside search services selected to process a query
- Analytics vendors measuring visits and performance
- Advertising networks delivering placements
- Government or law-enforcement authorities acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
Common security safeguards are used for information within our control. No internet-connected service can eliminate every risk, however, so absolute protection or freedom from a breach cannot be promised.
Users Under 18
The service is intended for adults, and personal information from anyone younger than 18 is not knowingly collected. If data from a minor is identified, a deletion request may be submitted for prompt handling.
Your Data Rights
Iowa privacy and consumer-protection law may grant rights beyond this summary. Iowa Code chapter 22 concerns access to government-held public records; it does not make a private website a public custodian. Depending on applicable law, a person may:
- Request access to personal information held about them
- Seek correction of inaccurate information
- Ask for deletion where the law provides that option
- Decline certain processing when an opt-out right applies
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy may be revised. A replacement version becomes available here with an updated effective date, so visitors should review the page periodically for changes.
Effective date: September 12, 2026