Data You Give Us Directly
When a search feature sends an address or owner name to a linked provider, that provider processes the query under its own terms. This reference site does not keep a personal search history in a user account. If you send us a message, we receive the information you choose to include and use it to respond to that inquiry.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our hosting provider may record ordinary technical logs, such as IP address, browser type, requested pages, and request time. Those logs help diagnose outages and understand broad page traffic. Cookies or similar tools may support site analytics and, if present, advertising measurement; settings for those services are controlled by the applicable provider and browser.
What We Do With This Data
Technical information is used to keep the pages available, troubleshoot faults, and evaluate aggregate use. We do not sell visitor lists or assemble named profiles from property searches.
Links to Other Websites
Lincoln County Clerk, Assessor, Sheriff’s Tax Office, court, mapping, and other external services operate separately. Their privacy rules apply to information entered on those sites. The same applies to a third-party search feature linked from this reference; review that provider’s notice before submitting information.
Who Might See Your Data
Hosting and maintenance providers may handle technical logs while supporting the website. Where analytics or advertising tools are used, those services may receive the technical data their tools collect. Information may also be disclosed when required by valid legal process.
Protecting Visitor Information
We use reasonable safeguards for the site and limit log retention to operational needs. No visitor account is offered, so this site does not maintain a visitor password or account profile. No internet service can promise that transmission or storage is completely risk-free.
Users Under 18
This reference is intended for adults and is not designed for children. We do not knowingly request personal information from a person under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a child sent us information may contact us so we can review and remove the message information we control.
Access and Information Requests
West Virginia’s research materials for this site identify no general consumer privacy statute creating the broad website access, correction, or deletion rights described in some state privacy laws. You may still ask what contact information we hold and request correction or deletion of a message we control by using the Contact page. This site does not control public property records maintained by Lincoln County or another government office; requests to inspect, amend, or restrict those records must go to their custodian. The West Virginia Freedom of Information Act inspection provision, W. Va. Code Chapter 29B, including §29B-1-3, governs public access and exemptions. The Address Confidentiality Program, under §48-28A and 153 CSR 37, provides a separate substitute-address process for eligible participants through participating agencies. For county custodian contacts, see the Lincoln County official website.
Changes to This Policy
We will post a revised policy on this page if our practices change. The posted version applies from its publication date; review it periodically if you continue to use the Lincoln County records guide.