Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location entered in a search box is sent directly to the outside company that operates that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. We do not retain or record those search terms on our systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
We retain an email sent to us as needed to answer it. The message remains within our organization unless the law requires disclosure to someone else.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our servers receive basic technical information whenever a visitor loads a page:
- The date and time of each page view
- The pages opened and the length of each visit
- Your device's assigned IP address
- The referring website, when available
- The browser and version in use
- The device category and operating system
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a device. We use them with analytics services to understand traffic patterns, popular pages, and where visits end. A browser can block cookies, although disabling them may change how some parts of the website work.
What We Do With This Data
- Routing a search request to the selected partner
- Operating the website and maintaining load speed
- Diagnosing and correcting technical faults
- Measuring which pages visitors use and where improvements may help
- Displaying advertising that may reflect a visitor's interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not keep, assemble, or sell a database of anyone's criminal-record information. Dickens County material here explains how to reach the Sheriff, criminal courts, Texas Department of Public Safety, and Texas Public Sex Offender Registry. This website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Visitor data is not compiled into a consumer report or a dossier about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy policies, rather than this policy, govern information submitted to those tools. Each partner controls its retention and disclosure practices. Read the applicable policy before sending a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the Dickens County Sheriff, courts, Texas agencies, legal resources, or outside search providers. Once you leave this website, the destination's privacy policy controls. Review it before providing personal information.
Some advertising companies may follow activity across websites to select ads. That tracking occurs on their systems rather than ours.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be received by:
- Analytics providers that measure use and performance
- Search partners that process a query you submit
- Advertising networks that serve ads on the website
- A government or law enforcement body acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
We use customary safeguards for the information we collect. No internet system is completely secure, however, so we cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If we learn that a minor provided such data, we will delete it.
Your Data Rights
Rights over personal data depend on the law that applies to you. Texas Government Code Chapter 552 and Chapter 411 govern public-information access and criminal-history dissemination, while Code of Criminal Procedure Article 62.005 limits public registry fields. Those record-access laws do not turn this private site into a government records custodian. Subject to applicable privacy law, you may:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
- Seek deletion where the law provides that right
- Opt out of eligible types of processing
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this privacy policy. A revised version will appear here with its new effective date, so review the policy from time to time for current practices.
Effective date: August 9, 2026