Information That May Be Collected
A search query entered into a sponsored search box may pass to the third-party provider that operates the tool. A message sent through a contact channel may include the sender’s name, email address, message, and any information the sender chooses to include. Do not send unnecessary sensitive identity documents.
Technical systems may also record an IP address, browser type, device details, approximate time, referring page, and error data. Cookies or similar storage may remember preferences, measure use, support security, or help an advertising partner understand activity.
How Information Is Used
Collected information may be used to operate and secure the pages, answer messages, understand which material is useful, fix broken links, limit abuse, measure traffic, and display advertising. Search queries are handled by the search partner according to that partner’s own policy. The official sources linked here, including the Yancey sheriff page and Yancey court page, have their own privacy practices once visited.
Cookies and Outside Links
Cookies may be used for basic functions, analytics, or advertising. Browser settings can block or delete them, although some features may not work as intended. Links to the sheriff’s app, North Carolina courts, NCDAC, federal locators, and other providers take the visitor to systems this site does not control. Read each destination’s policy before submitting information there.
Some advertising partners may use their own tools to measure activity across sites or serve ads related to interests. Those practices occur on the partner’s systems and are governed by its disclosures.
Who May Receive Data
Personal data is not sold by this reference project. It may be available to:
- search providers that process a query submitted to their tool;
- analytics vendors that report page use in aggregate or at the event level;
- advertising networks and their service providers;
- hosting, security, and technical service providers that keep the pages running;
- law-enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order or other lawful demand requires disclosure.
Security Practices
Reasonable, ordinary safeguards are used for information handled through the site. No internet-connected service is completely secure, and no promise is made that data will never be exposed, lost, or accessed improperly.
People Under 18
The service is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If a minor submitted personal information, a parent or guardian may contact the service and ask for deletion of that data.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable limits, a person may ask what personal information is held about them and may request:
- a copy of the data maintained about the requester;
- correction of inaccurate contact information;
- deletion of information that the service is allowed to erase;
- an opt-out from certain analytics or advertising processing;
- an explanation of how a submitted search or message was handled.
Requests should identify the relevant message or browser event without including more personal data than needed to locate it.
Changes to This Notice
This privacy notice may be revised as tools, vendors, or practices change. The revised version takes effect when posted here, with a new effective date when appropriate.