Information You Send
Search Queries
A name, location, or other term entered into a search box is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. Ford County Busted Mugshots does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider may apply its own privacy notice and data rules once the request leaves this site.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If you send an email or contact message, the details you provide are kept so a reply can be prepared and the exchange can be managed. Those messages are not shared outside the operating organization unless disclosure is required by law or a valid legal process.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Like many public websites, the service may receive basic technical details when a page loads. These details help measure use, keep pages working, and investigate faults:
- Internet Protocol address.
- Browser name and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages visited and time spent on each page.
- The referring site, if one was supplied.
- Visit dates and timestamps.
Cookies and Similar Files
Cookies or similar browser files may help show how visitors use the pages and whether a feature is working. Browser settings can block or delete them. Some parts of the service may act differently when those files are disabled.
How Information Is Used
The information described above may be used for ordinary site operations and service measurement:
- To keep pages available, stable, and reasonably fast.
- To send a search request to the appropriate partner tool.
- To learn which pages are useful to visitors.
- To find errors, abuse, and technical problems.
- To display advertising that may reflect a visitor's interests.
Links to Other Services
Pages may link to the Ford County Sheriff's Office, jail and court resources, police departments, IDOC, federal locators, local news, and third-party search tools. Once a visitor follows one of those links, the destination's privacy notice and data practices control.
Some advertising partners may track activity across different sites to support interest-based advertising. That activity takes place on the partner's systems, not as a promise that Ford County Busted Mugshots can see or control every data practice.
Who May Receive Information
Personal information is not sold by Ford County Busted Mugshots. Information may nevertheless be received by the service providers needed to operate the site or by a government body with lawful authority:
- Search partners that process submitted queries.
- Analytics providers that measure visits and page use.
- Advertising networks and their delivery partners.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order.
Security Is Limited
Reasonable, standard safeguards are used for information handled by the service. No system connected to the internet is completely secure, however. Ford County Busted Mugshots cannot promise that data will never be exposed, lost, intercepted, or accessed without permission.
Visitors Under 18
This service is intended for adults. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal information, a parent or guardian may use the Contacts page to ask that the information be deleted.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and reasonable identity checks, a visitor may contact the operator to ask about information handled in connection with a message or visit. Available requests may include:
- A copy of personal information held about the requester.
- Correction of information that is inaccurate.
- Deletion of information when retention is not required.
- An objection or opt-out from certain processing.
Use the Contacts page to send a request. Some data supplied by a search partner or required by law may need to be requested from that provider or authority instead.
Changes to This Notice
This notice may be revised as the service, partners, or legal requirements change. The updated version will be posted here with a new effective date when one is used. Continued use after an update means the revised practices apply to later activity.