Information You Provide
Search Entries
When you enter a name or location in a search tool, that query is sent to the third-party provider operating the tool. Howard County Busted Mugshots does not store or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages You Send
If you email us or submit a contact message, we retain the information in that message as needed to respond. We do not share it outside our organization unless a legal requirement calls for disclosure.
Automatically Collected Technical Data
Like most websites, the site and its service providers may receive routine technical information when a page loads, including:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent on them
- Referring website, when available
- Date and time information
Cookies
Cookies and similar technologies help us understand how visitors use the site. You can block cookies through your browser settings, although doing so may change how some features function.
How We Use Information
- Operate and maintain the site efficiently
- Send search queries to the appropriate partner service
- Understand which reference pages visitors find useful
- Identify, diagnose, and correct technical problems
- Display advertising that may be relevant to visitor interests
Outside Websites and Advertising
This site links to sheriff and jail resources, booking-record paths, corrections pages, government portals, and third-party search tools. Once you follow an external link, that website’s privacy notice and practices apply.
Advertising partners may collect information about activity across websites to serve interest-based advertising through their own systems. That activity is governed by the partner’s policies.
Who May Receive Information
We do not sell personal data. Information may be made available to the following categories when necessary for the uses described above:
- Search partners that process submitted queries
- Analytics providers
- Advertising networks
- Law-enforcement agencies or government bodies responding to a valid legal order
Security Practices
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, but no internet-connected service can promise absolute security. We cannot guarantee that information will never be accessed, altered, or disclosed without authorization.
Visitors Under 18
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has submitted information, contact us so it can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.
Your Information Choices
- Ask for a copy of personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Request deletion of information, subject to lawful retention needs
- Object to or opt out of certain processing where applicable
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this Privacy Notice as site practices change. Any revised version will be posted here with an updated effective date.