Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location entered in a search tool is sent directly to the outside provider that operates that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. We do not keep or log those search terms on our systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
When you send an email or message, we retain it as needed to respond. It remains within our organization unless disclosure is required by a legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our servers automatically receive certain technical details when a page loads:
- Page-view dates and times
- The referring website, when one is available
- Pages viewed and the time spent on them
- Browser type and version
- Device category and operating system
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a device. We use them with analytics services to understand traffic in aggregate, including which pages are used most and where visits end. You may block cookies through browser settings, although doing so can change how some features behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Routing a search query to the selected partner service
- Maintaining reliable site operation and page speed
- Finding and resolving technical problems
- Understanding which pages visitors use
- Displaying advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not maintain, compile, or sell a database of personal criminal-record information. The site provides general directions to official Martin County and North Carolina sources, including the courts, Sheriff's Office, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and North Carolina Sex Offender Registry. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Visitor data is not assembled into a consumer report or a record about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the search boxes. A partner's privacy policy, retention rules, and sharing practices apply to information submitted through its tool. We do not control those practices. Read the provider's policy before entering a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Martin County offices, North Carolina courts and agencies, legal resources, or outside search services. Once you leave this site, the destination's privacy terms govern. Review them before disclosing personal information.
Some advertising providers may track activity across websites to select ads. That activity occurs on their systems and under their rules.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal information. Data may be available to:
- Advertising networks that place advertisements on pages
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Search partners that process a query submitted through their tool
- Government or law-enforcement bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
We use customary safeguards for information under our control. No internet service can guarantee complete security, so we cannot promise that unauthorized access or a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone younger than 18. If we learn that a minor supplied such data, we will delete it.
Your Data Rights
Applicable privacy and consumer-protection law may provide additional rights based on where you live. North Carolina's Public Records Law, Chapter 132, governs records held by public agencies, including access principles in G.S. 132-1 and 132-6. Criminal-investigation information has distinct disclosure rules under G.S. 132-1.4. Neither statute turns this private site into a public agency. You may ask us to:
- Provide a copy of personal information we hold about you
- Correct personal information that is inaccurate
- Delete personal information, where applicable
- Honor an available opt-out from certain processing
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this policy. A revised version will appear here with its new effective date, and continued use will be subject to the updated text.
Effective date: August 2, 2026