Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
When a visitor enters a name or case number into a search box, the query is sent to the outside provider operating that tool. The provider processes the input and returns its result. Dougherty County Court Docket does not keep a separate search-term log on its own servers.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If a visitor sends an email, the message may be retained so a reply can be prepared. It is handled within the operating team and is not disclosed outside that team unless a legal duty, court order, or service provider needed to deliver the message requires disclosure.
Data We Gather Automatically
A page request can create ordinary technical logs. The information may include:
- The network address assigned to the device
- Browser name, version, device type, and operating system
- Pages viewed and the approximate time spent on them
- The referring page, when a browser supplies it
- Time and date markers for page requests
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a device by a site or service. They can help measure page use, navigation, and general traffic patterns. Analytics providers may aggregate that information. Browser settings can block or delete cookies, although a blocked cookie may change how some page features behave.
What We Do With This Data
Information under our control is used for ordinary service, safety, measurement, and administration purposes.
- Operating, securing, and improving page delivery
- Routing an entered search to the provider that supplies the search feature
- Measuring which topics receive attention and where pages need improvement
- Diagnosing errors and maintaining site performance
- Supporting advertising or referral arrangements where they appear
No Court-Record Data on File
This site does not host, maintain, compile, or sell a database of Dougherty County dockets or personal case files. It provides general routing information about the Tyler CM Web Search portal, the Superior and State Clerk, lower courts, Albany Municipal Court, and federal custodians. The Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., governs public agency records and does not make this private reference site a court-record custodian. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor data is not assembled into consumer reports about other people.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes may be operated by outside companies. Information entered into one of those tools is handled under the provider's privacy policy and terms, rather than solely under this policy. The provider decides how long it keeps data and with whom it shares it. Review those terms before submitting a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the Dougherty County Clerk, county courts, Georgia Courts E-Access, Albany Municipal Court, legal-help resources, federal courts, or third-party search services. Once a visitor leaves this domain, the destination's privacy policy controls the visit. Read it before entering personal information.
Advertising or referral partners may also use their own tools to measure activity across sites. Any such tracking is performed on the partner's systems and is outside our direct control.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Depending on how a visitor uses the pages, limited information may be available to:
- The search provider receiving a query entered into its tool
- Analytics or hosting services needed to measure and deliver the pages
- Advertising partners that serve or measure an advertisement
- A government body when a valid legal process requires production
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable technical and administrative steps are used to protect information under our control. No internet-connected service is risk-free, however, and no promise can be made that a security incident will never occur.
Users Under 18
The service is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly seek personal information from a person under 18. If a parent or guardian believes a minor sent information, a deletion request may be made through the available contact route.
Your Data Rights
Georgia's Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., addresses access to public agency records. It does not automatically grant access to private operating files or convert a court's separate records procedure into a request to this site. Other law may provide additional rights based on a visitor's location. A visitor may:
- Ask what personal information under our control relates to that visitor
- Request correction of an inaccurate item
- Ask that information be deleted when retention is not required
- Object to or limit certain processing where applicable law allows
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as the service, vendors, or applicable law changes. The revised text becomes effective when posted here, unless a later date is stated. Visitors should review the policy from time to time.
Effective date: August 21, 2026