Information You Submit
Search Terms
A name, location, or other text entered into a search box is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. Clinton County Busted Mugshots does not store or keep a log of those search terms on its own systems. The provider's privacy notice controls what happens after the query leaves this site.
Messages and Contact Details
If you email the site or send a contact message, the message and the reply address are retained long enough to answer, keep a basic record of the exchange, and handle follow-up. That information is not shared outside the operating organization unless disclosure is required by law or a valid legal process.
Technical Data Collected on Visits
When a browser loads a page, ordinary server and analytics systems may receive technical details needed to deliver, secure, and measure the service. Depending on the configuration in use, those details can include:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent on each
- Referring website, when one is supplied
- Date and time stamps for requests
Cookies and Similar Tools
Cookies may help measure how visitors move through the site and whether basic features work. Browser settings can block or delete cookies. A blocked cookie may change how a search tool, preference, or other feature behaves.
Why the Information Is Used
Information is handled for the ordinary tasks needed to operate this Clinton County records reference and its connected tools.
- To keep the pages available, responsive, and functional.
- To send a search request to the partner service selected for that tool.
- To understand which records topics and pages are useful to visitors.
- To identify errors, abuse, and technical problems so they can be addressed.
- To display advertising that may be relevant to a visitor's interests.
Links Beyond This Site
Pages may link to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, the county FOIA route, the Circuit Clerk and Judici, IDOC, federal locators, ICE, city agencies, and outside search tools. Once a visitor follows one of those links, the destination's privacy policy and data practices apply. Clinton County Busted Mugshots does not control the other service's collection, retention, or security.
Advertising partners may also use their own cookies or similar technology to measure activity across sites and support interest-based advertising. That tracking takes place on the partner's systems, not as a promise that this site can see or manage every signal they collect.
Who May Receive Information
Personal information is not sold by Clinton County Busted Mugshots. It may nevertheless be handled by the following categories when needed to provide the service or meet a legal duty:
- Search partners that process text submitted to their search tools.
- Analytics providers that help measure visits and page performance.
- Advertising networks and their service providers.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order or other lawful demand.
Security Is a Best Effort
Reasonable technical and organizational safeguards are used for the information handled directly. No internet-connected service is completely secure, however, and this notice does not promise that the site or any provider will be free from every breach, attack, or unauthorized access.
Visitors Under 18
The service is intended for adults. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal data, a parent or guardian may use Get in Touch to request deletion, subject to records that must be kept for legal or security reasons.
Your Privacy Choices
Visitors can make the following requests about information handled directly by the service, subject to legal and operational limits.
- Ask what personal information is held about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information maintained by the site.
- Request deletion of information, subject to legal, security, and operational limits.
- Ask to opt out of certain processing, cookies, or communications where that option is available.
A request should identify the information involved and include a way to respond. The site may need to verify the requester before acting.
Changes to This Notice
This notice may be revised as the service, providers, or legal requirements change. A revised version will be posted here with a new effective date. Using the site after an update means the revised practices apply from that date forward.