Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name, date of birth, or other term entered in a search tool is transmitted directly to the outside provider operating that feature. The provider processes the request and supplies its results. We do not keep or log those search terms on our systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
When a visitor sends an email, we retain the message as needed to respond. It remains within our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Data We Gather Automatically
Standard technical records may be created when a page loads. They can include:
- The device's internet protocol address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system and device category
- Pages viewed and time spent on them
- The referring website, when available
- Date and time information for visits
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a device. They help measure visits, popular content, and how people move through the website. Analytics providers may combine this traffic information into reports. Browser controls can block cookies, although doing so may change how some features work.
What We Do With This Data
- Operate, maintain, and improve website performance
- Send a requested search to the provider that supplies it
- Understand which material visitors use
- Diagnose errors, abuse, and technical problems
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Warrant Data on File
Franklin County Warrant Records does not host, maintain, compile, or sell a warrant database or personal warrant records. The website publishes general routing information for the Franklin County Circuit Clerk, the Circuit and District Courts, municipal courts, and the Sheriff's Office. It is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor information is not assembled into consumer reports about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power search boxes that appear on content pages. Information entered there is governed by the provider's privacy policy, retention terms, and disclosure practices rather than this policy. We do not control those practices. Read the applicable provider policy before submitting information.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Franklin County offices, Alabama courts, municipal pages, legal resources, advertisers, or outside search services. Once a visitor follows an external link, that destination's rules and privacy policy apply. Review them before sharing personal information.
Advertising companies may use their own technology to measure activity across websites and tailor advertising. That processing occurs on their systems.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be available to:
- Search providers processing a query a visitor submits
- Analytics vendors measuring traffic and performance
- Advertising networks serving content on the website
- Government or law-enforcement authorities acting under valid legal process
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable, commonly used safeguards protect information in our control. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, however, and we cannot promise that unauthorized access or a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This website is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If such information is identified, a deletion request may be made.
Your Data Rights
Applicable Alabama privacy and consumer-protection law may grant rights based on the information and circumstances. Subject to legal limits, a person may:
- Request access to personal information held about them
- Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
- Request deletion of eligible information
- Opt out of certain processing where the law provides that choice
The Alabama Open Records Act, Ala. Code ยงยง36-12-40 et seq., governs access to qualifying government records. It does not turn this private website into a government records custodian.
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as practices or legal requirements change. A revised version becomes available here with its new effective date.
Effective date: September 9, 2026