Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you enter a name, a case number, or a date of birth into a search tool on this site, that entry goes to the outside provider that runs the search. The provider processes the query and returns the results. We do not keep or log the terms you type.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you send an email, we keep the message so we can answer it. Your message stays with our team, and we do not pass it to anyone outside the organization unless the law requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each time a page here loads, our servers record routine technical details about the visit:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- The browser you use and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you opened and how long you stayed
- The site that referred you here, if there was one
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, which are small files your browser stores. They let us see which pages draw traffic and where readers stop reading. Analytics services help us combine that information into traffic totals. You can block cookies in your browser at any time. If you do, some parts of the site may behave differently.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site running and loading quickly
- Passing your search request to the right partner service
- Seeing which pages readers find useful and which need work
- Finding and fixing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may match your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, keep, compile, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. We publish general guidance on where Allegany County warrant records sit and how a reader checks them. Those records live with the Maryland courts and their clerks, with the Allegany County Sheriff's Office, and with the agencies that originate process. Maryland runs no public statewide warrant lookup, and this site does not pretend to be one.
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors is turned into a consumer report or a file about a third party.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes on this site belong to outside companies. Anything you enter into one of those tools is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners decide how long they keep data and who they share it with, and we have no control over those choices. Read the partner's policy before you submit a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links to court pages, sheriff's office pages, the Maryland Public Information Act resources of Allegany County, legal aid offices, and outside search tools. Following any of those links takes you off this site, and the destination's own privacy policy then applies to your visit. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across websites in order to show targeted ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Limited information may reach:
- Search partners that handle a query you run here
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Advertising networks that place ads on our pages
- Law enforcement or a government body when a valid legal order requires it
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard security practices to protect what we collect. No website connected to the internet is completely safe, and we cannot promise that a breach will never occur. We do what we reasonably can, and we limit what we keep in the first place.
Users Under 18
This site is built for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has given us information, contact us and we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Maryland privacy and consumer-protection law may give you rights over personal data, and the Maryland Public Information Act governs requests made to state and local agencies rather than to a private site like this one. As a matter of practice, you can ask us to:
- Provide a copy of what we hold about you
- Correct information that is wrong
- Delete your data
- Stop certain kinds of processing
Send the request through the contact route in the footer, and describe what you want us to do.
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy may change over time. When it does, the new version appears on this page with a revised effective date. Check back if you want to follow how we handle visitor information.
Effective date: September 15, 2026