Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 9 April 2026

Welcome to BeaufortCountyCourt.us, a public court records information service provided byBeaufortCountyCourt (“we”, “us”, or “our”).

This BeaufortCountyCourt.us Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) has been prepared to assist you in understanding how we and our affiliates, parents, and subsidiaries, collect, use, and disclose the information that we collect through your use of the BeaufortCountyCourt.us website and the associated products, services, and materials offered herein (the “Services”). This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Services and supplements the BeaufortCountyCourt.us Terms of Service.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE IF YOU ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time and such revision shall be posted here. Any revision shall become effective and binding on you when you continue to use the Services on or after the effective date of such revision.

Depending on where you live, you may be entitled to certain individual rights with respect to some or all of your personal information. Please see the Notice of Privacy Rights for Residents of Certain U.S. States section of our Privacy Policy for more information.

1. Personal Information We Collect

When you use the Services, we may collect the following categories of Personal Information about you:

A. Personal Information You Provide to Us

When you use the Services, you may provide us with Personal Information, including, without limitation:

• Identifiers such as name, email address, or account-related details
• Communications with us, including inquiries, customer support requests, or feedback
• Preferences or other information you choose to provide
• Any additional information disclosed at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent

Sensitive Personal Information: We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined under applicable law.

B. Personal Information We May Automatically Collect

Our Services may automatically collect certain Personal Information for the operation, maintenance, security, and improvement of the Services. This Personal Information may include:

• IP address and general location (such as city or region)
• Date and time of your visit or use of our Services
• Browser type, device type, and operating system
• Pages viewed, time spent on pages, navigation paths, and referring and exit pages
• Clickstream data, which is information about how you navigate through the Services, used to understand visitor behavior
• Mobile device information, including device type and operating system version, if you access the Services from a mobile device

Where feasible, we de-identify or aggregate this information and do not retain it in a form that reasonably identifies you.

C. Personal Information We May Receive from Third Parties

We may receive Personal Information about you from third-party sources, including:

• Publicly available court records, criminal justice records, and related public information compiled from county, state, and federal sources
• Data providers that compile publicly available or licensed information
• Service providers that assist with security, fraud prevention, analytics, or operational support
• Business partners, where permitted by law

Information obtained from third parties is processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

2. How We Use Cookies and Other Network Technologies

A. Cookies

The Services may use cookies and other web tracking tools to enhance your online experience with us. We may store information about you using cookies on our Services. A cookie is a small file sent from a website and stored on your computer by your web browser while you are browsing. We use cookies to improve your site experience, to assess content usage, to distinguish you from other users, and to support the marketing of the Services.

You can adjust the cookies we collect by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. You are free to decline cookies. However, by doing so, you may not be able to take full advantage of our Services. Further information on managing or deleting cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.

B. Pixels, Web Beacons, and Similar Technologies

We or our service providers may also use pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, and other commonly used information-gathering tools in connection with some website pages and HTML-formatted email messages. These tools allow us to compile aggregate statistics about website usage and response rates and to help determine the effectiveness of the Services.

C. Clickstreams

As you use the Internet, you leave a trail of electronic information at each website you visit. This information, sometimes referred to as clickstream data, can be collected and stored by a website’s server. We may use clickstream data as a form of non-Personal Information to determine how much time visitors spend on each page of our Services, how visitors navigate through the Services, and how we may tailor our web pages to better meet the needs of visitors.

D. Analytics

We may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to help provide us with information about traffic to our website and use of our Services. To learn more about Google’s privacy practices, visit https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on for your web browser by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

E. Mobile Application Technologies

If you access our website and Services through a mobile device, we may automatically collect information about your device, your phone number, and your physical location.

F. Do Not Track

Many modern web browsers give you the option to send a “Do Not Track” signal to the websites you visit, indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. At this time, the Services do not specifically respond to Do Not Track signals.

3. Publicly Available Information

In addition to the Personal Information collected by our Services that is detailed above, we also collect Publicly Available Information or Public Data from various databases, including government entities, commercial data providers, and websites to provide our products and services via our website. Publicly Available Information includes information lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records — including court records and related legal information — and information that we reasonably believe is made available to the general public, through various means.

We acquire and aggregate this information about individuals, which will include users and non-users. We do not, however, combine any Personal Information, including automatically collected usage and traffic information and transactional data, that we collect directly from users of the Website within our reports, products and services that we provide.

To learn more about available options with respect to your Publicly Available Personal Information, please visit https://courtrecords.us/optout/

4. How We Use Your Personal Information

We may use and process Personal Information for purposes that include, but are not limited to:

• Providing, operating, and maintaining the Services
• Responding to inquiries and providing customer support
• Processing transactions and fulfilling requests
• Conducting analytics, research, and internal business operations
• Improving, developing, and securing the Services
• Sending administrative information to you, including changes to our terms, conditions, and policies
• General or targeted marketing and advertising, including sending promotional material on our behalf or on behalf of our marketing partners, provided that you have not already opted out of receiving such communications
• Complying with legal obligations and enforcing our Terms
• Any other purpose disclosed at the time of collection or with your consent

We may also use Personal Information that has been de-identified, anonymized, or aggregated for lawful business purposes.

5. Information Disclosure and Sharing

We may share and/or disclose your Personal Information collected directly from you or as part of your use of our Services as set forth in this Privacy Policy in the following circumstances:

With Your Consent. We may share Personal Information with your consent.

For Legal and Administrative Reasons. We may disclose your Personal Information without notice: (i) as may be required by law (e.g., in response to a court order or subpoena, or in response to a law enforcement agency request); (ii) to protect our organization or others from injury; (iii) as necessary to comply with applicable law; and (iv) to enforce or apply our Terms.

Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your Personal Information with persons or organizations with whom we contract to carry out internal and external site operations or as necessary to render the Services, including server hosting providers, payment processors, customer service vendors, marketing communications and analytics vendors, and fraud protection providers.

Aggregate Sharing. We may share anonymous, de-identified aggregate information with third parties, including affiliated and non-affiliated organizations such as advertisers.

Business Transfers. We may transfer your Personal Information to our successor-in-interest in the event of an acquisition, sale, merger, or bankruptcy.

Subsidiaries and Affiliates. We may share your Personal Information with our subsidiaries and affiliates.

6. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell or share Personal Information collected through the Services.

7. Removal of Your Information

As a courtesy, we provide you with a method of removing certain information about you from search results accessible through our Services and affiliated services. To submit a removal request, please visit https://courtrecords.us/optout/.

8. Links to Third-Party Sites or Content

On occasion, at our discretion, we may link to third-party sites or content on third-party sites not owned or controlled by us. This Privacy Policy applies only to Personal Information collected by our Services. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy practices. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and privacy and security activities of these third-party sites. Links to any of these third-party sites do not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by us.

If you visit a third-party site that is linked by our Services, you should review the privacy policies posted on that site before providing any Personal Information.

9. Information Security and Storage

We use commercially reasonable measures to provide our Services. However, you acknowledge that no security safeguards or method of transmission over the Internet are completely secure, and although we believe the measures implemented by us reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to or from our Services. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We do not guarantee that your Personal Information will not be misused by third parties. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security features. You agree that we will not have any liability for misuse, access, acquisition, deletion, or disclosure of your Personal Information.

10. Information Retention

We will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you the Services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. In accordance with our routine record keeping, we may delete certain records that contain information you have submitted to us. We are under no obligation to store such information indefinitely and disclaim any liability arising out of, or related to, the destruction of such information.

11. Notification Settings and Marketing Opt-Out

If you provide your email address to us or our affiliated services, you agree that we may contact you by email, including by sending search-related alerts and promotional communications.

Email Opt-Out. If you no longer wish to receive marketing emails or promotional communications from us, you may opt out at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any such email or by contacting us below. You may not opt out of receiving account-related or transactional communications.

Targeted Advertising Opt-Out. You may opt out of receiving targeted advertisements through the following resources:

• NAI Opt-Out Tool: http://optout.networkadvertising.org
• About Ads: http://optout.aboutads.info
• Google Analytics Opt-Out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
• App Choices (mobile): https://youradchoices.com/appchoices

Global Privacy Control. We receive and respond to the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser opt-out signal. If we receive a GPC signal from your browser, we will not share your data with third parties for targeted advertising purposes.

12. Geographic Location of Information Storage and Processing

The Services collect Personal Information and process and store that Personal Information in databases located in the United States. If you are visiting the Services from a country outside the United States, you should be aware that you may transfer Personal Information about yourself to the United States, and that the data protection laws of the United States may not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By visiting the Services and submitting any Personal Information you consent to the transfer of such Personal Information to the United States.

13. Children's Information

The Services are not intended for use by persons under the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under thirteen (13) years old. In the event that we discover that a person under the age of thirteen (13) has provided information to us, we will take steps to remove such information.

Please contact us if you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected information from a child under the age of thirteen (13).

14. Notice of Privacy Rights for Residents of Certain U.S. States

Residents of certain U.S. states may have rights and choices regarding their personal information. These rights may apply in the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

Depending on where you live and subject to certain exceptions, you may have some or all of the following rights:

1. Right to Know and Access. You may have the right to request that we confirm whether we process your personal information and to request access to that information, including whether we sell or share it.
2. Right to Data Portability. Where processing is carried out by automated means, you may have the right to request a copy of your personal information in a portable format.
3. Right to Request Correction of Inaccurate Personal Information. To the extent that we may maintain inaccurate personal information, you may have the right to request that we correct it.
4. Right to Request Deletion. You may have the right to request that we delete certain personal information or records provided by or obtained about you, with certain exceptions as allowed under law.
5. Right to Know and/or Opt Out of the Sale and Sharing of Personal Information. You may have the right to know and/or opt out of the processing of your personal information for the purpose of selling or sharing it to third parties. We do not sell or share your personal information.
6. Right to Opt-Out of the Use of Personal Information for Targeted Advertising and Profiling. You may have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising or profiling. We do not use your information for targeted advertising or profiling purposes.
7. Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. You may have the right to request that we limit the ways we use and disclose your sensitive personal information.
8. Right to Non-Discrimination. You have a right to not be discriminated against in the Services or quality of Services you receive from us for exercising your rights.
9. Right to Disclosure of Third-Parties. You may have a right to know the categories and names/addresses of third parties that we have disclosed your personal information to.
10. Right to Disclosure of Direct Marketers. You may have a right to know the categories and names/addresses of third parties that have received personal information for their direct marketing purposes.
11. Right to Appeal. You may have the right to appeal our denial of any request you make under this section. To exercise your right to appeal, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below.

Global Privacy Control. We receive and respond to the GPC opt-out signal. If we receive a GPC signal from you when you visit our Services, we will not share your data with third parties for targeted advertising purposes.

California “Shine the Light.” Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, California residents may request certain information about our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

To exercise your rights or submit an appeal, please contact us using any of the methods in the Contact Us section below, or submit a request at https://courtrecords.us/optout/.

15. Difficulty Accessing This Privacy Policy

Individuals with disabilities who are unable to usefully access our Privacy Policy online may contact us to inquire how they can obtain a copy in another, more easily readable format.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. The Effective Date will be updated upon posting. Your continued use of the Services following any posted changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Personal Information we have collected about you, please contact us:

Write: BeaufortCountyCourt.us

1070 Montgomery Rd

#2024

Altamonte Springs, FL, 32714

Email: support@courtrecords.us

Phone: (833) 963-2494

Privacy Choices / Opt-Out: https://courtrecords.us/optout/