Information You Submit
When you enter an address or owner name, the form sends that search text to the outside provider that returns results. The site does not retain a copy of those search terms on its own servers. If you send a message, we receive its contents and use them to respond to the request.
Information Collected by Hosting
Our hosting service may record standard connection logs, including an IP address, browser type, page requests and timestamps. We use aggregate log information to maintain the site and understand which resources are useful. Basic analytics or advertising measurement may also use cookies or similar tools where enabled.
How the Information Is Used
Information described above supports site operation, troubleshooting, traffic measurement and page updates. We do not sell visitor lists or create personal profiles of individual users.
Other Sites and Search Providers
Hancock County Property Records links to the County Clerk, Assessor, Sheriff’s Tax Office, state GIS tools and outside search providers. Each service sets its own privacy practices. Any information entered on one of those systems is handled under that provider’s rules, including the sponsored results supplied by an outside company.
Who Receives Information
Hosting and support vendors may process the server logs needed to run this reference. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the automatic information described here. We disclose information when valid legal process requires us to do so.
Safeguards and Retention
The connection is encrypted, and logs are retained only for the purposes described in this notice. There is no visitor account system, so the site does not hold an account password or profile for you.
Visitors Under 18
The reference is intended for adults rather than children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone younger than 18. If a minor has sent information to us, contact us so it can be removed.
Requests About Your Information
Use the Contact page to ask about information this private reference holds. We keep little direct visitor data, so many requests can be resolved by checking whether a message or log is still present. West Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, W.Va. Code chapter 29B, governs requests to public bodies; it does not make this private reference the custodian of county records. West Virginia Code §16-5-27 separately protects confidential information in vital records. Requests to remove or correct a Hancock County assessment, deed, ticket or vital record must go to the government office that holds it.
Policy Changes
Any revised privacy notice will appear here. Continued use after a revision takes effect means you accept the updated terms.