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Privacy Policy

This policy describes the information produced by a visit, the reasons it may be used, and the limited circumstances in which another service receives it. Continued use of the website indicates acceptance of these practices.

Data You Give Us Directly

Search Queries

A name, case number, or other query entered into a search tool is sent directly to the outside provider operating that tool. The provider processes the request and supplies its results. We do not retain a separate log of those query terms.

Messages and Contact Submissions

An email or contact submission may be retained long enough to answer and maintain the related correspondence. It is not disclosed outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law.

Data We Gather Automatically

Every time a page on this site loads, our servers pick up some technical details about the visit:

  • The IP address assigned to your device
  • Which browser you are using and its version
  • Your device type and operating system
  • The pages you visited and how long you stayed on each
  • The site that sent you here, if any
  • Timestamps for each page view

Cookies and Analytics

Cookies are small files placed on a device to help measure site use, including popular pages and common exit points. Analytics providers combine that activity into traffic reports. A browser can block cookies, although disabling them may change how some features work.

What We Do With This Data

  • Keeping the site up, running, and loading quickly
  • Sending your search requests to the right partner service
  • Figuring out which pages people find useful and which need work
  • Tracking down and fixing technical issues
  • Showing ads that may line up with your interests

No Court-Record Data on File

We do not host, sell, maintain, or compile a database of Chatham County dockets or personal case information. Our content identifies official Georgia courts, local clerks, and record-request routes. Georgia has no single statewide public trial-court search, so local systems are described as separate channels. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor information is not assembled into reports about other people.

Third-Party Search Partners

Search boxes on this site are powered by outside companies. Anything you enter into those tools is processed under the partner's own privacy policy, not this one. Those partners set their own data-retention and sharing practices, and we do not control them. Review the partner's policy before submitting a search.

Links to Other Websites

Throughout the site we link to clerk of court pages, trial court portals, statewide case-search systems, legal aid groups, and third-party search tools. Clicking any of those links takes you off our site. At that point, their privacy policy governs your visit. Read it before sharing any personal details.

Certain advertising partners may track your activity across sites to show targeted ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not ours.

Who Might See Your Data

We do not sell personal data. Some information may end up with:

  • Search partners that handle queries you run on our site
  • Analytics services we use to track traffic and performance
  • Ad networks that place ads on our pages
  • Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it

How We Protect Your Data

Reasonable technical and administrative safeguards are used for collected information. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, so these measures cannot promise that unauthorized access will never occur.

Users Under 18

This site is meant for adults. We do not knowingly gather personal information from anyone under 18. If you think a minor has shared data with us, reach out and we'll delete it right away.

Your Data Rights

Georgia privacy and consumer-protection law may provide rights in addition to those described here. The Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., governs requests to public custodians, but it does not turn this private resource into a government records office. At a minimum, you can:

  • Ask for a copy of what we have on file about you
  • Have us fix information that is wrong
  • Request that we erase your data
  • Opt out of certain kinds of data processing

Updates to This Policy

This policy may be revised as practices or requirements change. A replacement version becomes available here and carries an updated effective date.

Effective date: August 21, 2026