Details You Provide Directly
Search Queries
A name or location typed into a search box goes straight to the third-party provider that operates the tool. We do not store or log those search terms on our end. The provider's own systems handle whatever you enter there.
Messages You Send Us
If you email us or send a message through a form, we keep it only so we can reply. Those messages are not shared outside this site's team unless the law requires it.
Details Gathered Automatically
Like most websites, this site receives standard technical details on every page load. Your browser sends them. That automatic data includes:
- Your IP address
- Your browser type and version
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you visit and how long you stay on each
- The website that referred you, if any
- The date and time of each visit
Cookies
Cookies help us see how visitors move through the site. Your browser settings can block them. If you do block cookies, some features may behave differently than expected.
How the Data Is Used
- Keeping the site running and loading quickly
- Routing search requests to the correct partner service
- Learning which pages help readers the most
- Spotting and fixing technical problems
- Showing ads that may match your interests
Links to Other Websites
This site links out often. The destinations include jail rosters, booking feeds, sheriff and corrections pages, government portals, and third-party search tools. Once you click through, the destination's own privacy policy governs, not this one. Many of those offices also handle records under Alabama's public-records law, Ala. Code Section 36-12-40. That law sets its own rules for what they must release and retain.
Some advertising partners may track your activity across other websites in order to target ads. That tracking happens on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. In the normal course of running the site, data can still reach the parties below.
- Search partners that process lookup queries
- Analytics services that measure traffic
- Ad networks that serve the ads you see
- Law enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order
How Your Data Is Protected
We follow standard security practices for a website of this kind. No internet-connected system is fully secure, though. We cannot promise that data will never be exposed in a breach, and no guarantee of that kind is offered here.
Users Under 18
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Your Data Rights
- Ask for a copy of the data we hold about you
- Ask us to correct information that is wrong
- Ask us to erase data you previously sent
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may change as the site changes. When it does, the updated version will be posted here with a new effective date. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy.