Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or date of birth typed into a search box on this site goes straight to the outside company that runs that search. The company processes the input and returns the results. Nothing entered there is stored or logged on this end.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to this site is kept so a reply can be written. The message stays with the people who run the site and is not shared outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page loads, the servers record a few technical details about the visit:
- The browser in use, along with its version
- The IP address assigned to the device
- The device type and operating system
- Which pages were opened and how long each stayed on screen
- Timestamps for every page view
- The referring site, when one sent the visitor here
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files a browser stores on a device. They show which pages draw the most traffic and where readers tend to leave. Analytics services pull that traffic data into aggregate reports. Any browser can be set to block cookies at any time, though a few parts of the site may behave differently when they are blocked.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Routing a search request to the correct partner service
- Working out which pages readers find useful and which need revision
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match a reader's interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, maintain, compile, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes general guidance about where Harford County warrant records are held and how to ask for them through the sheriff's office, the District Court clerk, and the Circuit Court clerk. Maryland keeps no single public statewide warrant registry.
The site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Nothing gathered about visitors is assembled into a consumer report or into a record about any third party.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies supply the search boxes on this site. Anything typed into one of those tools is handled under the partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Each partner sets its own retention and sharing rules, and those rules are outside this site's control. Read the partner's policy before running a search.
Links to Other Websites
Pages here link to sheriff's office pages, Maryland court portals, legal aid groups, city police departments, and third-party search tools. Following one of those links leaves this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs the visit. Read that policy before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across sites to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems rather than on this one.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. A limited set of information may reach:
- Search partners that handle queries run from this site
- Analytics services used to measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on these pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
Standard security practices are used to protect the information described here. No system connected to the internet is unbreakable. Reasonable steps are taken, but a breach can never be ruled out entirely.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. Personal information from anyone under 18 is not knowingly collected. Anyone who believes a minor has sent information here can ask for it to be deleted.
Your Data Rights
Maryland law gives readers some control over records about them. The Maryland Public Information Act governs how a request for a government record is made and who may ask for one, and it applies to a request filed with a state or local agency rather than with a private site. For information held here, a reader can:
- Request a copy of what is held on file about them
- Ask for information that is wrong to be corrected
- Ask for their data to be erased
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy can change. A revised version replaces this one on the same page and carries a new effective date. Readers who want to follow how information is handled can check back here.
Effective date: September 15, 2026