Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search tool is sent to the outside provider that operates that feature. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. We do not keep a separate log of the terms entered through those boxes.
Messages and Contact Submissions
When you email us, we retain the message as needed to respond. It remains within our organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our systems receive basic technical and usage details when a visitor loads a page:
- Page-view dates, times, and visit duration
- Device category and operating system
- Browser type and version
- Pages viewed during the visit
- A referring website, when one is supplied
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files saved on a device. We and our analytics services use them to understand traffic patterns, such as popular pages and points where visits end. A browser can block cookies, though disabling them may change how some site features behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Route a submitted query to the selected search partner
- Maintain site availability and page performance
- Find and correct technical faults
- Measure which content visitors use
- Present advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not maintain, compile, or sell a database of personal criminal records. The site describes how to reach Butler County custodians, Alabama courts, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and the Alabama Sex Offender Registry. It is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor information is not assembled into consumer reports or criminal-history profiles about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the site's search boxes. Their privacy policies, retention schedules, and sharing rules govern data submitted to those tools. We do not control those practices. Review the applicable partner policy before running a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Butler County offices, Alabama agencies, courts, legal resources, and outside search providers. Once a visitor follows an outbound link, the destination's policy governs. Read that policy before supplying personal information.
Advertising providers may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and select targeted ads.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Limited information may be disclosed to:
- Analytics providers measuring use and performance
- Search partners processing a query
- Advertising networks serving site ads
- A government or law-enforcement body acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard safeguards for information within our control. No internet service can promise perfect security, so we cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The site is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If we learn that a minor supplied such information, we will delete it.
Your Data Rights
Applicable law may provide additional control over personal data. Alabama's public-record framework appears in Code §§36-12-40 through 36-12-46, while Code §41-9-601 restricts unauthorized access to or communication of criminal-offender record information. These statutes do not turn this private site into a government records custodian. Subject to applicable law, you may:
- 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
We may revise this policy. A new version becomes available on this page with its updated effective date.
Effective date: July 14, 2026