Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or date of birth typed into a search box on this site travels to the outside company that runs that search. The partner processes the entry and returns a result. The site itself does not record or store what was typed.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to this site is kept so someone can reply to it. The message stays with the people who run the site, and it is not shared outside the organization unless the law requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page loads, the server picks up routine technical details about the visit:
- The IP address your device was assigned
- Your browser name and version
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you opened and how long each stayed on screen
- The referring site, when one exists
- A timestamp for every page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files stored on your device. They show which pages attract visitors and where people tend to leave. Analytics services summarize that traffic into reports. You can block cookies in your browser settings at any time, though a few parts of the site may not behave the same way afterward.
What We Do With This Data
The site uses what it gathers for a short list of practical jobs:
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Passing a search request to the partner service that handles it
- Learning which pages readers find useful and which ones need work
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match a visitor's interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes guidance about where Big Stone County records are held and how to check them through the district court, the Sheriff's Office, and the state case search. It is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing collected from visitors is assembled into a consumer report or a file about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes on this site belong to outside companies. Whatever is entered into one of those tools is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners decide their own retention and sharing practices, and this site has no control over them. Read the partner's policy before submitting a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links to sheriff's office pages, court portals, state agencies, and outside search tools. Following one of those links takes a visitor off this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs the visit. Read that policy before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners may track activity across websites to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not this one.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Some information may reach:
- Search partners that handle a query submitted here
- Analytics services used to track traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place ads on these pages
- A court or law enforcement body when a valid legal order requires it
How We Protect Your Data
Standard security practices are used to protect the data this site collects. No internet service is unbreakable, so the site works to keep information safe without promising that a breach can never happen.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. Anyone who believes a minor has shared data here can ask for it to be removed.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota's Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. § 13.03, governs how state and local government agencies handle data about the public, and similar principles guide how this private site treats visitor requests. At a minimum, a visitor can:
- Ask for a copy of the data this site holds about them
- Ask for incorrect information to be corrected
- Ask for their data to be deleted
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy may change over time. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date, so check back to follow how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026