Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
The search boxes on this site are run by outside companies. A name or a date of birth typed into one of them travels straight to that provider, which processes the request and sends back a result. Nothing entered in those boxes is stored or logged on our end.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email this site, the message is kept so it can be answered. Messages stay with the people who run the site. They are not handed to anyone outside the organization unless a law or a valid legal order requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
A few technical details arrive with every page load. None of them identifies you by name on its own. The list below is what a standard web server records:
- The IP address attached to your device
- The browser you use and its version number
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you opened and how long you stayed
- The site that referred you here, when there is one
- A timestamp for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files a site places on your device. Ours help show which pages draw traffic and where readers lose interest. Analytics services pull those visits into aggregate reports. Browser settings let you block cookies at any time, though a few parts of the site may behave differently once you do.
What We Do With This Data
The information described above is used for a short list of purposes. We do not repackage it or sell it:
- Keeping the site online, fast, and stable
- Routing your search request to the right partner service
- Seeing which pages help readers and which fall short
- Finding and repairing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may relate to your interests
No Warrant Data on File
This site does not host, build, or sell any database of warrants or personal warrant records. What it publishes is general guidance on where Faribault County warrant records are kept and how to ask for them. Those offices are the Faribault County Sheriff's Office, which serves process and publishes the county's active warrant report; Minnesota District Court in Faribault County, part of the Fifth Judicial District, which issues warrants and holds the case file; and Faribault County Court Administration, which handles court copies and case questions.
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Nothing gathered about visitors here is assembled into a consumer report or a file about a third party.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes on these pages are operated by other companies. Whatever you type into one is handled under that company's privacy policy rather than this one. Those partners choose how long they keep data, who they share it with, and what they charge. We have no say in any of those decisions. Read the partner's policy before submitting a search.
Links to Other Websites
This site links out to Sheriff's Office pages, Minnesota court pages, state agencies, legal aid groups, and outside search services. Following one of those links takes you off this site, and the destination's privacy policy then applies. Read that policy before sharing personal details.
Some advertising partners may track activity across sites to target ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold here. A limited set of parties may see some of it:
- Search partners that handle the queries you run
- Analytics services used to measure traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place advertising on these pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies acting on a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
Standard security practices are used to safeguard the information described in this policy. No service connected to the internet can promise perfect safety. Reasonable steps are taken, and a breach can never be ruled out completely.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. Personal information is not knowingly collected from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent data to this site, contact us and it will be removed.
Your Data Rights
Minnesota's Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. ch. 13, governs how state agencies and many local offices handle data. Its access and correction provisions, including Minn. Stat. §13.03, give people a route to inspect government records and challenge what is wrong in them. This site is privately run, so that statute does not bind us, but the same principle applies to the small amount of information we hold. At a minimum you can:
- Ask for a copy of what is held about you
- Have incorrect information corrected
- Ask for your data to be erased
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may change as the site changes. When it does, the revised version appears on this page with a new effective date. Check back if you want to follow how visitor information is handled.
Effective date: September 15, 2026