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Privacy Policy

This policy describes the visitor information Mississippi Court Docket receives, how the site uses it, and when a service provider may handle it. A search entered into an outside search tool is processed by that provider under its own terms. The policy also explains routine technical data, cookies, analytics, advertising, and ways a visitor may contact the site about information submitted directly. Official Mississippi court records are held by courts and clerks under separate access rules.

Data You Give Us Directly

Search Queries

When a visitor enters a name or case number into a search box on this site, the query goes to the outside company that operates that tool. That company processes the request and returns its results. Mississippi Court Docket does not save or log the words entered in the third-party search field on its own systems.

Messages and Contact Submissions

If a visitor sends the site a message, the message may be kept so the team can read and answer it. It is handled within the organization and is not shared outside it unless a legal requirement calls for disclosure.

Data We Gather Automatically

When a page loads, technical details about the visit may be recorded, including:

  • The date and time of a page view
  • The pages opened and how long they were viewed
  • The referring website, when one is reported
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type and operating system
  • The IP address associated with the device

Cookies and Analytics

Cookies are small files that a website can store in a browser. Mississippi Court Docket uses cookies and analytics services to understand site traffic, such as which pages are visited often and where a session ends. Browser controls can block cookies; some site functions may then work differently.

What We Do With This Data

Information collected through the site helps with day-to-day operation and upkeep. It may be used to:

  • Show advertising that may relate to a visitor’s interests
  • Send a search request to the provider that runs the selected tool
  • Measure which pages are useful and where they need improvement
  • Find and correct technical problems
  • Keep the site available and responsive

No Court-Record Data on File

Mississippi Court Docket does not host, maintain, compile, or sell a database of court dockets or personal case histories. It provides general information about where Mississippi court records are held and how to reach the statewide system or a county clerk. MEC and PAMEC are official judiciary systems; the courts and clerks, rather than this site, keep the case records. Visitor information is not assembled here into consumer reports or records about other people.

Third-Party Search Partners

Search boxes may be operated by outside providers. Information typed into one of those tools is subject to the provider’s privacy notice, retention rules, and sharing practices. Mississippi Court Docket does not set those practices. Read the provider’s policy before sending it personal information.

Links to Other Websites

Pages may link to Mississippi courts, county clerk offices, MEC/PAMEC, legal aid resources, or sponsored search services. Following a link takes the visitor to another operator, whose privacy rules apply there. Review that site’s terms before providing information.

Advertising companies may use their own technology to track visits across websites and select ads. That tracking takes place on their systems, outside this site’s control.

Who Might See Your Data

Mississippi Court Docket does not sell personal data. Information may be shared with service providers involved in a site function, or disclosed when a valid legal order requires it. Those recipients may include:

  • Government or law-enforcement bodies acting under valid legal process
  • Advertising networks that place ads on pages
  • Analytics companies that measure site traffic
  • Search partners that receive visitor queries

How We Protect Your Data

Reasonable security practices are used to protect information collected by this site. No internet service can promise that a security incident will never occur, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed.

Users Under 18

This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone younger than 18. If a minor’s information has been submitted, contact the site so it can be reviewed and removed.

Your Data Rights

The Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 25-61-1 et seq., concerns access to records held by covered public bodies. It is not a visitor-privacy law for this private reference site. Judicial case records follow a separate framework, including the Mississippi Supreme Court’s policy on openness and availability of public records. A request for information submitted directly to this site is separate from a request for a court file. A visitor may ask the site to:

  • Correct information that is inaccurate
  • Provide a copy of information the visitor submitted
  • Delete information submitted directly to the site
  • Stop certain processing where it is available

For Mississippi court records held by a judge or clerk, use the court’s procedures. The Public Records Act request guidance from the Mississippi Ethics Commission applies to covered public bodies, while judicial case access follows the court policy and applicable rules.

Updates to This Policy

This policy may be revised. A changed version will be posted here with its effective date, so visitors can review any update to the site’s handling of information.

Effective date: September 25, 2026