Information You Submit
Search entries
A name, location, or other term entered in a search box passes to the outside provider that operates the tool. This site does not store or log those search terms on its own system. The provider’s policy controls its processing.
Messages
An email or contact submission may be retained long enough to respond and maintain the exchange. It is not shared outside the organization unless service needs require it or disclosure is legally compelled.
Automatic Technical Data
Ordinary web and analytics systems may record technical details during a page visit, including:
- IP address and request time
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent
- Referring page or site, when supplied
Cookies
Cookies can help measure use, remember settings, and support advertising. Browser controls can block or remove them, although parts of the site or partner tools may then behave differently.
How Data Is Used
Collected data may be used to operate and secure the site, route a search to the selected partner, understand which pages help readers, diagnose errors, improve speed, and display advertising that may reflect inferred interests. These uses do not turn the site into a government record custodian.
Outside Websites and Services
Links lead to Rutherford County, the sheriff, NCDAC, courts, federal locators, and outside search services. Once a visitor leaves, the destination’s own privacy terms apply. Advertising companies may measure activity across websites through systems they control.
When Data May Be Shared
Personal data is not sold as a list. It may be received by search partners that process a query, analytics vendors, advertising networks, operational service providers, or a law enforcement or government body acting under a valid legal order.
Security Is Best Effort
Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used. No online service, transmission path, or storage system is guaranteed to be fully secure, and this notice cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Visitors Under Eighteen
The site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may use the Contact Us page to request review and deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and the ability to verify a request, a person may ask for a copy of personal data held by the site, request correction or deletion, or object to certain processing. Browser and device settings provide separate cookie and advertising controls.
Changes to This Notice
This policy may be revised as practices or legal duties change. A new version takes effect when posted here with an updated effective date.