Email Disclaimer
Under Florida law, email addresses are generally public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Privacy Statement
We thank you for visiting the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit's WEBSITE. It is the policy of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to collect no personal information when you visit www.15thcircuit.com, unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available. Regardless of whether information is provided to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit by personal visit, mail, or web site, it becomes a public record and is open to public inspection unless protected by State or Federal law. Public records are subject to the rules and requirements located in Chapter 119, Florida Statutes and Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420.
If you register for SMS (text) notifications from the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, we will collect your mobile number to send these notifications, as well as confirmation of your opting in to receive these notifications. The information collected for this registration is not shared, sold or otherwise provided to third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes, and is utilized by the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit only for sending the requested notifications. Such information also becomes a public record unless specifically exempted by State or Federal law. You may unsubscribe from these notifications at any time.
If you choose to share personal information, such as sending an email, registering for SMS (text) notifications, or filling out an electronic form with personal information, the information will be saved for a designated period of time in order to comply with the Judicial Branch records retention policies. Such information also becomes a public record unless specifically exempted by State or Federal law. Please note that Florida's public records law requires that information received in connection with official court business must be made available to anyone upon request, unless the information is subject to a specific exemption. The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit may change the Privacy Policy from time to time in its sole discretion. By accepting this Agreement, and each time you use the WEBSITE, you consent to www. 15THCIRCUIT.COM collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy as it then exists without any further notice or any liability to you or any other person.
The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit's WEBSITE may use session cookies (tokens that remain active until you close your browser) in order to make the site easier to use. You can choose not to accept these cookies and still use the WEBSITE, but it may take you longer to fill out the same information repeatedly and clicking on the banners will not take you to the correct link. Refer to the help information in your browser software for instructions on how to disable cookies. When you visit www.15thcircuit.com , the WEBSITE automatically recognizes the Internet domain and IP address from which you accessed the site. This information does not capture or identify your personal email address or other personal information. In addition, information is only gathered about the volume and timing of access to the WEBSITE by collecting information about the date, time and pages you and others visited while at the site. We use this information to improve the content of our WEBSITE. This information is quantitative in nature, and does not have any personal identifiable information.