Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or case number entered in an embedded search tool is sent to the third-party provider operating that tool. The provider processes the request under its own policy. Linn County Court Docket does not maintain a separate log of those search terms.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email message may be retained to answer it or maintain an administrative record. It is not shared outside the organization except where disclosure is legally required.
Data We Gather Automatically
Routine server and analytics logs may collect technical information from a visit, including:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- Which browser you are using and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you visited and how long you stayed on each
- The site that sent you here, if any
- Timestamps for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files that help measure aggregate traffic and page use. Browser settings can block or limit cookies, although some functions may then work differently. Analytics providers process their data under their own terms.
What We Do With This Data
Technical and contact information may be used for ordinary site operation:
- Keeping the site up, running, and loading quickly
- Sending your search requests to the right partner service
- Figuring out which pages people find useful and which need work
- Tracking down and fixing technical issues
- Showing ads that may line up with your interests
No Court-Record Data on File
Linn County Court Docket does not host, compile, sell, or maintain a court-docket or personal case-record database. Its content identifies official routes to the Linn County Circuit Clerk, the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, and Missouri Case.net. The resource is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor information is not assembled into consumer reports about third parties.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside providers operate the search boxes. Their privacy notices, retention decisions, and disclosure practices govern information submitted through their tools, rather than this policy. Review those terms before entering a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links can take a visitor to court, clerk, state, federal, or third-party pages. Those destinations control their own content and privacy terms. Read their notices before providing personal information.
Advertising partners may measure activity across websites for their own advertising purposes. Any such tracking is operated through their systems.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal information is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- Search partners that handle queries you run on our site
- Analytics services we use to track traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place ads on our pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable administrative and technical practices are used to protect collected information. No internet system can guarantee absolute security, however, and this policy does not promise that a breach can never occur.
Users Under 18
This resource is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. Contact us if you believe such information was submitted so it can be reviewed and removed where appropriate.
Your Data Rights
Applicable privacy and consumer-protection law may provide additional rights. For public-record requests discussed on this resource, Missouri's Sunshine Law, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 610.023, provides a response framework but does not override court-record confidentiality rules. At a minimum, 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
This policy may be revised as services or practices change. A revised copy will be posted here with its effective date.
Effective date: August 28, 2026