Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered into a search box is sent to the outside company that supplies the tool. That provider processes the request and displays its response. Mackinac County Criminal History does not keep a local log of those search terms.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to the site may be retained long enough to respond and maintain necessary correspondence. It remains within the operating team unless disclosure is required by law.
Data We Gather Automatically
Standard technical details may be recorded when a page loads:
- Page-view dates and times
- Device type and operating system
- IP address associated with the request
- Browser name and version
- Visited pages and approximate time spent
- A referring site, when one is supplied
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files used to understand broad traffic patterns, such as popular pages and common exit points. Analytics providers may combine visits into performance reports. A browser can block or clear cookies, although doing so may change how some functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Route a submitted query to the selected search provider
- Maintain reliable pages and reasonable load times
- Diagnose errors, abuse, and other technical faults
- Measure which resources are useful to visitors
- Display advertising that may reflect general interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
Mackinac County Criminal History does not compile, maintain, or sell a database of personal criminal records. Its content identifies official sources such as local police, Mackinac County courts, Michigan State Police, Criminal Justice Information Center, and the Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry. Visitor information is not assembled into a consumer report, and the site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the search tools. Their privacy terms, retention periods, and disclosure rules govern information submitted through those boxes. Review the provider's policy before sending a query because this policy does not control that processing.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Mackinac County offices, Michigan agencies, courts, legal resources, and outside search services. Once a visitor leaves this website, the destination's policy applies. Read it before providing personal details.
Advertising providers may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites for ad delivery. Their tracking is governed by their terms.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. It may be available to:
- Advertising networks that serve material on the pages
- Search providers that process a query you submit
- Analytics services that measure performance and traffic
- Government or law-enforcement bodies acting under a valid legal demand
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable technical and organizational safeguards protect data under our control. No online system can guarantee absolute security, so a breach or unauthorized access cannot be ruled out.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. Information shown to have come from a minor will be removed when required.
Your Data Rights
Applicable law may give a visitor rights over personal data held by this private website. Michigan's official FOIA explanation and Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231 et seq., govern requests to public bodies, while MCL 28.242a addresses public and nonpublic criminal-history information in the state repository. Those government-record laws do not turn this private site into a public agency. Subject to applicable law, you may:
- Request access to personal data held about you
- Ask that inaccurate personal data be corrected
- Seek deletion where the law provides that right
- Object to or opt out of eligible processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as services or legal duties change. A new version takes effect when posted here with an updated date.
Effective date: July 28, 2026