Information You Send
Search Queries
A name, location, or other term entered into a search widget is passed to the third-party provider that operates that tool. Hamilton County Busted Mugshots does not store or keep a log of those terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you email the site or send a contact message, the message and the reply details are kept long enough to answer and maintain the conversation. Those messages are not shared outside the operating organization unless disclosure is required by law or a valid legal process.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Routine server and analytics systems may record limited technical details when a page loads. These details help deliver pages, understand traffic, and find faults.
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on each
- Referring website, when one is supplied
- Date and time stamps for requests
Cookies
Cookies and similar small files may help measure how visitors use the pages or remember a basic preference. Browser settings can block cookies. Some site features or partner tools may work differently when cookies are disabled.
How Information Is Used
- Keep the pages available and improve their speed.
- Send a search request to the appropriate partner service.
- See which county-record topics visitors find useful.
- Diagnose broken links, errors, and other technical issues.
- Display advertising that may relate to a visitor’s interests.
Other Websites and Services
Pages may link to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, White County Jail, Judici, IDOC, federal locators, legal resources, news outlets, and outside search tools. Once a visitor follows one of those links, the destination’s own privacy notice and terms control its handling of information.
Some advertising partners may measure activity across different websites to select or report on targeted ads. That tracking takes place on the partner’s systems, not under the control of this site.
Who May Receive Information
Personal information is not sold by Hamilton County Busted Mugshots. It may nevertheless be handled by the following parties when needed for the purposes above:
- Search partners that process terms entered into their search tools.
- Analytics providers that measure visits and page performance.
- Advertising networks and their service providers.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies that present a valid legal order or other lawful demand.
Security Approach
Reasonable, standard safeguards are used for information held by the site. No internet-connected system is completely secure, however, so the site cannot promise that data will never be accessed, lost, altered, or exposed.
Visitors Under 18
The site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal data, a parent or guardian may use the contact route to ask that it be deleted.
Your Privacy Choices
- Ask what personal information the site holds about you.
- Request correction of information that is wrong.
- Ask for deletion where the site has a lawful ability to erase it.
- Object to or opt out of certain data uses when that choice is available.
Changes to This Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised as the site, its partners, or applicable requirements change. A revised version will be posted here with a new effective date. Continued use after an update means the revised practices apply to later visits.