Information We Receive
A search box may send the search query to the third-party provider that powers it. That provider controls its own collection, pricing, results, retention, and privacy practices. A contact message may include the name, email address, phone number, and details a visitor chooses to send. Automatic technical data can include an IP address, browser type, device details, referring page, and time of visit.
Cookies or similar tools may remember preferences, measure traffic, support site functions, or help a partner display an ad. Browser controls can limit cookies, although some functions may not work as intended.
How Information Is Used
Information may be used to answer a message, maintain site security, understand which pages are useful, improve navigation, manage referrals, and operate advertising or analytics. Search queries are handled by the search partner that receives them. The site does not promise that a third-party search provider will keep a query private.
Information may be shared with service providers that host, analyze, secure, advertise, or operate referral tools. It may also be disclosed to a law-enforcement agency, court, or other authority when required by a valid legal order or applicable law.
Links and Third Parties
Pages link to HCSO, HCDC, city police departments, North Carolina courts, NCDAC, BOP, ICE, news outlets, and other resources. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination’s collection and use rules apply. A link is not control over that organization or endorsement of its privacy practices.
Security and Retention
Reasonable measures are used to limit unauthorized access, but no online transmission or storage method is guaranteed secure. Messages and technical logs may be kept as long as needed for the purpose collected, security, records, dispute handling, or legal obligations. Search partners and analytics providers set their own retention periods.
Age and User Choices
This site is not intended for anyone under 18. Do not send a minor’s confidential record or another person’s sensitive details through a contact form. A visitor may ask what personal information this site holds, request correction, ask for deletion where applicable, or withdraw a message request. Requests may need enough detail to verify the inquiry and may be limited by law or technical records.
For questions about a county booking, photo, charge, or release, contact the originating HCSO, HCDC, police, court, NCDAC, BOP, or ICE office. Privacy requests for a linked service must go to that service.
Policy Changes
This notice may be revised when site functions, partners, or legal requirements change. The revised version becomes effective when posted. Continued use after an update means the visitor has had an opportunity to review it.