Privacy Policy
Effective August 2, 2026
The Dan Markel Case Archive is part of the Court Daemon trial archive network, published by Court Daemon and built by Trice Digital. This policy explains what happens to information when you visit markel.courtdaemon.com.
The short version
There are no accounts, no logins, no newsletter, no advertising, and no tracking cookies on this site. Nothing you do here is sold, rented, or shared with data brokers, and nothing follows you to other websites.
What is collected
Usage measurement. The site counts visits using privacy-friendly analytics that we run ourselves rather than a commercial advertising platform. It records the page viewed, the referring page, the browser and device type, and an approximate location derived from your network connection. It sets no cookie, assigns no persistent identifier, and cannot build a profile of you across other websites. The results are aggregate counts used to understand which parts of the archive are useful and to keep the site working well.
Server logs. The site is hosted on Cloudflare's network. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes standard request information, including IP addresses, to deliver pages and to protect the site from abuse and attack. That processing is governed by Cloudflare's own privacy policy.
What you send us. If you use the report form to send a correction, a bug report, a question, or a suggestion, we receive what you type along with the page you were on. The name field is optional and there is no email field. Please do not put sensitive personal information in that box. Reports are read so that the archive can be corrected, and are kept only as long as that is useful.
Third-party services
Courtroom video. Where courtroom video exists, it plays through YouTube's privacy-enhanced player, which does not set tracking cookies before you press play. Once video is playing, YouTube receives that request and Google's privacy policy applies to it.
Support link. The About page links to Ko-fi for anyone who wants to support the archive. That is an outside service. If you go there, Ko-fi's policy governs, and no payment is ever processed on this site.
Children
The archive is a public-record reference and is not directed to children under 13. No information is knowingly collected from them.
Your requests
Write to contact@courtdaemon.com with any question about this policy or any request concerning information relating to you. Requests to correct or remove archive content are handled under the corrections and removal section of the Terms of Use.
Changes
If this policy changes, the effective date above changes with it.