Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you enter a name or a date of birth into a search box on this site, the input goes to the third-party provider that runs that tool. The provider processes the query and returns results. We do not log or keep your search terms on our side.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email us, we keep the message so we can write back. It stays with our team, and we do not share it outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Technical details arrive with every page load, and they are recorded by our servers:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- Your browser type and version
- The device and operating system you are using
- Which pages you opened and how long each one stayed on screen
- 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 stored on your device. They show us which pages draw the most traffic and where visitors tend to leave. Analytics services help us group that traffic data into reports. You can block cookies through your browser settings at any time, though some parts of the site may behave differently if you do.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site loading quickly and staying online
- Passing your search request to the correct partner service
- Learning 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, compile, maintain, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. What it publishes is general guidance about where Hampden County records are held and how to check them through the courts, the sheriff's office, and the state's warrant system, which is not open to public search. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and nothing collected from visitors is assembled into consumer reports or files about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes on this site belong to outside companies. Whatever you type into one of those tools is handled under that partner's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners set their own retention and sharing rules, and we do not control them. 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 state's warrant system information, legal aid organizations, and outside search tools. Following one of those links takes you off this site, and the destination's privacy policy then governs your visit. Read it before you share personal details.
Some advertising partners track activity across websites to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems rather than ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. A few categories of recipients may receive it:
- Search partners that process queries you run here
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on our pages
- Government bodies or law enforcement when a valid legal order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard security practices to protect the data we collect. Nothing connected to the internet is completely safe, so we cannot promise that a breach will never occur, only that we work to prevent one.
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 shared data with us, contact us and we will delete it promptly.
Your Data Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have extra rights over your information. The state's records-access framework, the Massachusetts Public Records Law at G.L. c.66, section 10, with its regulations at 950 CMR 32.00, governs how records held by public agencies are requested and released. For data held by this site, you can:
- Ask for a copy of what we hold about you
- Have inaccurate information corrected
- Ask us to delete your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may change over time. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date, so check back if you want to follow how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026