Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or case number entered in a search tool is sent directly to the outside provider operating that tool. The provider processes the request and supplies its results. Nicholas County Court Docket does not keep or record those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to the website may be retained long enough to review and answer it. The message is not disclosed beyond the organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
Standard technical information may be recorded when a visitor loads a page:
- The device's internet protocol address
- Browser name and version
- Device category and operating system
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent
- The referring website, when available
- The date and time of each request
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files used to understand traffic patterns, including popular pages and points where visits end. Analytics providers may combine this activity into summary measurements. Browser controls can reject cookies, although doing so may change how some website functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Operate the website and support reliable page delivery
- Route a submitted search to the appropriate partner service
- Assess which material visitors use and where improvements are needed
- Diagnose errors and other technical problems
- Present advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Court-Record Data on File
Nicholas County Court Docket does not host, compile, maintain, or sell a database of dockets or personal case records. It provides general directions to records kept by the Circuit Court of Nicholas County, Nicholas County Circuit Clerk, Nicholas County Magistrate Court Clerk, municipal clerks, and West Virginia's public court systems. Visitor information is not assembled into a consumer report, and the website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Information submitted through a box is governed by that company's privacy policy, retention rules, and sharing practices rather than this policy. Those practices are beyond the website's control, so visitors should read the provider's policy before sending a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the Nicholas County Circuit Clerk, West Virginia Judiciary portals, courts, legal-aid resources, or outside search services. Once a visitor follows a link, the destination's privacy terms apply. Review them before providing personal information.
Advertising providers may use their own technology to follow activity across websites for interest-based advertising. That processing occurs on the provider's systems.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal information is not sold. It may be available to these limited recipients:
- Search providers that process a query
- Analytics vendors measuring traffic and performance
- Advertising networks delivering advertisements
- Government or law-enforcement authorities acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable, commonly used safeguards are applied to collected information. No internet-connected service can guarantee perfect security, however, so the website cannot promise that unauthorized access or a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone younger than 18. Information identified as having been submitted by a minor will be removed when brought to the operator's attention.
Your Data Rights
Rights may differ by residence and applicable West Virginia or other consumer-protection law. Court-record access under W.Va. Code §51-4-2 and public-record requests under W.Va. Code §29B-1-3 concern official records held by their custodians and do not expand rights over private website data. At a minimum, a visitor may:
- Request a copy of personal information held about them
- Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
- Request deletion of personal information
- Object to certain forms of processing
Updates to This Policy
This privacy policy may be revised as practices or legal requirements change. A revised version will be posted here and identified by a new effective date.
Effective date: September 7, 2026