Information You Send Directly
Search Terms
A name, location, or other text entered into a search tool is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. Jefferson County Busted Mugshots does not store or keep a log of those search terms on its own systems. The provider’s privacy notice controls its handling after the request leaves these pages.
Messages and Contact Requests
If a person emails the service or sends a contact-form message, the message and reply details are kept long enough to answer and maintain the exchange. Those messages are not shared outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law or a valid legal process.
Technical Details Collected Automatically
Like most web pages, a visit can produce basic technical and traffic information in server logs, analytics systems, or advertising systems. The details can include:
- The visitor’s IP address.
- The browser name and version.
- The device type and operating system.
- The pages opened and the time spent on them.
- The referring page or website, when one is supplied.
- Dates and timestamps for page requests.
Cookies and Similar Tools
Cookies may help measure how visitors use the pages, keep basic features working, or support advertising and analytics. Browser settings can block or delete cookies. Some functions may respond differently when they are blocked.
How Information Is Used
The information described above supports ordinary operation of the service and its Jefferson County, Illinois records links. It may be used to:
- Keep pages available, functional, and reasonably fast.
- Send a search request to the partner service selected by a visitor.
- Learn which pages and links are useful to readers.
- Find errors, abuse, and technical problems.
- Show advertising that may be relevant to a visitor’s interests.
Outside Links and Services
Pages can link to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, its custody app page, the public records portal, the Jefferson County Justice Center, Illinois courts and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), federal locators, local agencies, and third-party search tools. Once a visitor follows an outbound link, the destination’s privacy policy and data practices apply. Jefferson County Busted Mugshots does not control those organizations’ collection, retention, security, or availability.
Some advertising partners may use cookies or related tools to observe activity across different websites and tailor ads. That activity takes place on the partner’s systems, under the partner’s notices, rather than under the control of this service.
Who May Receive Information
Personal information is not sold by Jefferson County Busted Mugshots. It may still be received by the service providers needed to operate the pages or by public authorities acting through lawful process:
- Search partners that handle text entered into their tools.
- Analytics providers that measure page use and site performance.
- Advertising networks and related service providers.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order or other lawful demand requires disclosure.
Security Practices
Reasonable standard safeguards are used for information held by the service, and access is limited where practical. No internet-connected system is completely secure. Jefferson County Busted Mugshots cannot promise that stored information will be immune from every breach, attack, mistake, or unauthorized access.
Visitors Under 18
The service is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent a message or other personal data, a parent or guardian may use Contact Us to ask that it be deleted.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and reasonable identity checks, a person may ask what personal information the service holds and request:
- A copy of personal data maintained by the service.
- Correction of inaccurate information.
- Deletion of information that the service is not required to retain.
- An opt-out from certain processing, including some cookies or partner-related uses.
Send a privacy request through Contact Us with enough detail to identify the request. A request may not control records held by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Illinois courts, IDOC, a federal agency, or another linked provider.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be revised when the service, vendors, or applicable practices change. A revised version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Continued use of the pages after an update means the revised policy applies from its posted date forward.