Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or date of birth typed into one of the search boxes here goes directly to the outside provider that runs that search. The provider processes the query and returns the results. We do not keep or log the terms you enter.
Messages and Contact Submissions
When someone emails us, we retain the message so we can write back. It stays inside our own group. We do not pass it to anyone outside the organization unless a legal obligation compels it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page loads, our servers record a few technical details about the visit:
- The IP address your device is using
- Your browser and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you opened and how long each one stayed on screen
- The referring site, when there is one
- A timestamp for every page view
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files this site stores on your device. They let us see how visitors move through the site: which pages draw traffic and where people stop reading. Analytics services help us pull that traffic data together. Browser settings can block cookies at any time, though parts of the site may behave differently once they are blocked.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Passing your search request to the right partner service
- Learning which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Finding and repairing technical problems
- Delivering advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant-record information. We publish general guidance about where Norman County warrant records are held and how to reach the offices that hold them, which in this county means the district court in Ada and the Norman County Sheriff's Office. Minnesota operates no public statewide warrant search, and we do not operate one either. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the search boxes on this site. Whatever is entered into those tools is handled under the partner's own privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners decide how long they keep data and who they share it with, and those decisions are outside our control. Read the partner's policy before submitting a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links out to court portals, county offices, state statutes, legal aid organizations, and third-party search tools. Following any of those links takes you off this site, and from that point the destination's privacy policy governs the visit. Read it before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners may track activity across sites in order to show targeted ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not on ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. A limited amount of information may reach:
- Search partners that handle the queries you run here
- Analytics services used to measure traffic and performance
- Advertising networks that place ads on our pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard security practices to protect the data we collect. Nothing connected to the internet is fully safe, though. We do what we reasonably can, and we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has shared data with us, get in touch and we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota law gives people rights over data that a government agency holds about them, and the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Chapter 13 is the statute that sets those rules for state and local agencies. This site is not a government agency, so that law does not govern what we hold. We apply the same expectations to ourselves anyway. At a minimum you can:
- Ask for a copy of what we hold about you
- Have inaccurate information corrected
- Ask us to delete your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Separately, Minnesota's consumer-protection laws may add rights depending on your situation. The public records held by the district court in Ada and by Norman County follow Chapter 13 and the Minnesota public access rules for court records, which are different rules from this policy.
Updates to This Policy
This policy may change later. When it does, the new version appears on this page with a new effective date. Check back if you want to follow how we handle information.
Effective date: September 15, 2026