Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When you enter a name or date of birth in a search box, the query is sent to the outside provider that operates that tool. The provider processes it and returns its results under its own policies. This site’s stated practice is not to retain or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you send a message through a published contact channel, the information in it may be retained so the site team can respond. It is used for that correspondence and is not shared outside the organization unless a legal obligation requires disclosure. Avoid including sensitive case details that are not needed for the question.
Data We Gather Automatically
A page request may produce technical information about the visit, including:
- The internet protocol address assigned to the device
- Browser type and version
- Device category and operating system
- Pages opened and approximate time spent on them
- The referring site, when one is provided
- Time and date information for page requests
Cookies and Analytics
This site uses cookies, small files stored by a browser, and analytics services to understand aggregate use such as page visits and navigation patterns. You can block or remove cookies through your browser settings. Some site features may behave differently when cookies are disabled.
What We Do With This Data
- Operating and maintaining the site
- Forwarding a search request to the provider that supplies the search box
- Understanding which topics visitors use and where pages need improvement
- Diagnosing errors and performance problems
- Displaying advertising, which may use interest-based signals
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, maintain, compile, or sell a database of Hanover warrants or personal warrant records. It publishes general routing information about the courts, the Hanover Sheriff’s Office, and other public custodians. A query sent to an outside search provider is processed by that provider, not transformed here into a warrant file. The site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor information is not assembled into consumer reports or third-party warrant records.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Information entered there is governed by the provider’s privacy notice and data practices, including its retention and sharing rules. This site does not control those practices. Review the provider’s terms before submitting a query, and use the official court or agency channel when you want to search an official record.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Hanover Sheriff’s Office records, Virginia court pages, Ashland town resources, or an outside search provider. Once you leave this site, the destination’s privacy terms govern your activity. Read them before entering personal information.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to measure activity across websites or select ads. This site does not operate that tracking infrastructure.
Who Might See Your Data
This policy says visitor information is not sold. Depending on the feature used, information may be handled by:
- The search provider that receives a query submitted in its tool
- Analytics services measuring site traffic and operation
- Advertising networks that serve or measure ads
- A government body when a valid legal obligation or order requires disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable security practices are used to protect information handled by this site. Internet services cannot be guaranteed free of every vulnerability, so no absolute promise against unauthorized access or a security incident is made.
Users Under 18
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from people under 18. If a parent or guardian believes a minor has sent information through a site channel, they may contact the site so the matter can be reviewed and the information removed where appropriate.
Your Data Rights
This policy does not determine which access, correction, deletion, or opt-out rights apply to a particular visitor. Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act governs requests to public bodies for records they hold; it does not turn this private site into a public agency or establish a visitor-data request process here. Court case records also follow their own rules.
- For an official county record, contact the public body that keeps it.
- For a court document, ask the clerk about court-record access rules.
- For a search query, review the outside provider’s policy because it receives that input.
- For the public-records statute, read Virginia Code § 2.2-3704.
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as site practices change. A new version and effective date will appear here when it is updated. Review the page periodically to see the current description of data handling.
Effective date: September 24, 2026