Information You Provide
Search Queries
When a page offers a third-party search tool, a name or other query entered there is passed to that provider so it can process the request. This site does not control the provider’s result set, pricing, or separate privacy practices.
Messages and Requests
If a visitor sends a message to this site, the message may include a name, email address, and the information the visitor chooses to provide. Do not send sensitive legal, medical, financial, or custody information through a general website message.
Technical Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, the service or its providers may log basic technical information when a page is requested.
- The internet protocol address used to reach the site.
- Browser type, version, and language settings.
- Device category and operating-system information.
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on them.
- The referring website or link, when one is available.
- Request dates and times.
Cookies
Cookies and similar technologies may remember basic preferences, measure site use, support advertising, and help identify technical problems. Browser controls may allow a visitor to limit or remove cookies, although portions of the site or partner tools may not work as intended afterward.
How Information Is Used
Information may be used for the ordinary operation and improvement of this reference site.
- To deliver pages reliably and maintain site performance.
- To send a submitted query to the selected search partner.
- To understand which Macomb County resource guides visitors use.
- To diagnose errors, abuse, and security concerns.
- To support advertising that may be based on general interests.
Links Beyond This Site
This site links to official Macomb County, Michigan, federal, and independent websites. A link does not place that destination under this policy. Review the destination’s own terms and privacy notice before submitting information there, including on government portals governed by separate rules such as Michigan FOIA, MCL 15.231 et seq.
Who May Receive Information
Information may be handled by service providers or disclosed when legally required.
- Search partners that process a submitted query.
- Analytics providers that report site-use trends.
- Advertising networks that deliver or measure ads.
- Law enforcement or government authorities when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Safeguarding Information
Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect information in our control. No internet transmission or storage method is completely secure, however, and we cannot promise absolute security.
Visitors Under 18
This site is not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If a parent or guardian believes a child has provided personal information, contact us so the issue can be reviewed.
Choices About Your Information
Subject to applicable law and our ability to identify the request, a visitor may ask about personal information held directly by this site.
- Request access to a copy of personal information we hold.
- Ask that inaccurate personal information be corrected.
- Request deletion where retention is not required.
- Object to or opt out of certain processing where that right applies.
Requests concerning a third-party search partner, analytics provider, advertiser, sheriff, court, or corrections agency must be directed to that separate organization. Questions about this policy may be sent through Contact Us.
Policy Changes
We may revise this policy as the site, its providers, or legal requirements change. The version posted on this page applies from the time it appears here.