Data You Give Us Directly
Information is received when a visitor voluntarily sends it through a feature that accepts a message or otherwise communicates with the operator. That may include a name, email address, and the content supplied. Do not send Social Security numbers, account credentials, complete birth dates, court filings, or other sensitive case information. This site is not a court filing or record-request channel.
Data We Gather Automatically
Standard technical data may be logged when a browser requests a page. It can include an IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location derived from network data, and visit time. Cookies or similar storage may support basic operation, analytics, advertising, fraud controls, and preference retention. Browser controls can limit cookies, although some functions may then work differently.
What We Do With This Data
Collected data may be used to operate and secure the service, understand broad traffic patterns, diagnose errors, prevent misuse, comply with law, and improve content. It may also support advertising or referral measurement. Personal data is not used to create a Fayette County case file, alter a court record, or decide who may inspect an official docket.
No Court-Record Data on File
Fayette County Court Docket does not host, compile, sell, or maintain a database of personal court dockets. Editorial pages explain where circuit, family, magistrate, and municipal records are kept. Official records remain with the Fayette County Circuit Clerk, Magistrate Clerk, the relevant municipal office, WVPASS, MCRSearch, or another originating court. The site is not a consumer reporting agency and does not assemble consumer reports.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search widgets, analytics, advertisements, and linked services may be operated by other companies. When a visitor uses them, the provider's own privacy policy and terms control the data it receives. Those providers may use cookies, identifiers, or submitted search terms. Fayette County Court Docket does not control their collection practices, prices, databases, or results.
Links to Other Websites
Links lead to West Virginia agencies, local offices, courts, statutes, and private services. Leaving this domain means the destination's privacy and security rules apply. A link is supplied for reference and does not make the destination part of this service or imply control over it.
Who Might See Your Data
Information may be shared with vendors that help host, secure, measure, or operate the site; with professional advisers; as part of a lawful business transfer; or when disclosure is required to comply with law, protect rights, investigate abuse, or keep users and systems safe. Data is not sold as an official Fayette County court record.
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used, but no website, network, or storage method can promise perfect security. Visitors should avoid sending confidential court documents or sensitive identifiers. Retention lasts only as long as reasonably needed for operation, security, legal compliance, and the purpose for which information was received.
Users Under 18
This service is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children. It does not knowingly seek personal information from children under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a child supplied data should use the available operator contact route to request review.
Your Data Rights
Depending on residence and applicable law, a visitor may have rights to ask about personal data, request access or correction, seek deletion, object to some uses, or withdraw a consent that supplied the legal basis for processing. These privacy requests concern data held by this private site. They cannot change a record held by a Fayette County court or clerk.
The West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, W.Va. Code ยง29B-1-3, and West Virginia Trial Court Rules 10.04 and 15A.26 address access to records held by government and court custodians, including available electronic court records. They do not turn this private service into a government records office. Requests for a court file must go to the proper clerk.
Updates to This Policy
The policy may be revised as site practices, service providers, or legal duties change. The posted version controls from its effective date. Continued use after an update indicates acceptance of the revised policy.
Effective date: September 7, 2026