Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
Type a name or a date of birth into a search box on this site and the entry travels straight to the outside provider that runs the tool. That provider returns the results and handles the query under its own policy. Nothing you type into a search box is stored on our end.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we keep the message so we can write back to you. It stays with the site. We do not pass it to anyone outside the site unless a legal order requires a response.
Data We Gather Automatically
Each page load hands our servers a few technical details about the visit.
- The IP address of the device you are using
- Your browser and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you opened and how long you stayed
- The site that sent you here
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
Small files called cookies sit on your device and let us see how the site gets used, including which pages draw the most visits and where readers stop. Analytics services pull that traffic into aggregate reports. Your browser settings can block cookies at any time. Some parts of the site may act differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
The information we collect serves a short list of operational purposes.
- Keeping the site online and loading quickly
- Passing your search to the right partner service
- Learning which pages help readers and which need work
- Finding and fixing technical faults
- Showing ads that may line up with your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not compile, host, or sell any database of warrants or warrant records about people. We publish general guidance about where Freeborn County warrant records are held and how to check them through Freeborn County Court Administration, the district court's public case search, the sheriff's records unit, and the county jail. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing we collect about visitors becomes a consumer report about anyone.
Third-Party Search Partners
The search boxes on this site belong to outside companies. Whatever you enter into one of those tools is handled under the partner's own privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners set their own retention periods and sharing rules, and we have no control over them. Read the partner's policy before you submit a query.
Links to Other Websites
We link to court pages, sheriff pages, state statute pages, and outside search tools. Follow one of those links and you leave this site. The policy on the site you land on then governs your visit, so read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across sites in order to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell visitor data. A few outside parties may still see some of it as part of running the site.
- Search partners that process a query you submit
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that serve ads on our pages
- Government or law enforcement bodies when a valid legal order requires a response
How We Protect Your Data
We follow standard security practice to protect the data we collect. No system connected to the internet is perfect, though. We work to keep your information safe, and we cannot promise that a breach will never happen.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent data to us, contact us and we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota law draws a line between public and private data holders, and it is worth knowing where each applies. The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes chapter 13, governs how government offices handle the data they keep, including the court and sheriff records this site points to. Section 13.03 presumes government data is public unless another law says otherwise, and section 13.82 sets the rules for law-enforcement data. That law does not govern a private website, so our own practices are described by this policy instead. Whatever your location, you can ask us to:
- Send you a copy of what we hold about you
- Correct information that is wrong
- Delete your data
- Stop certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy can change. When it does, the revised version replaces this one on the same page, and the effective date below moves with it. Check back if you want to follow how visitor information is handled here.
Effective date: September 15, 2026