Privacy Notice

This notice describes information that may be collected when you use Inyo County Recent Arrests, how it is used, and when it may be shared with service providers or others. Search queries entered in outside tools go to their providers. By using this site, you understand these practices; a linked service may have its own separate privacy terms.

Information You Submit

Search Entries

A name or location entered into a search tool is sent to the outside provider that runs that tool. The provider may handle or retain the query under its own terms. Inyo County Recent Arrests does not store or log those submitted search terms on its own systems.

Messages and Feedback

If you send a message or site feedback through a channel made available to you, we keep the details you provide so we can review or answer it. We do not share those messages outside the site's operation unless a legal requirement applies.


Technical Details Collected During a Visit

When a page loads, the site or its technical services may receive basic information about the request, including:

  • Your internet protocol (IP) address
  • Browser name and version
  • Device type and operating system
  • Pages viewed and time spent on them
  • The referring site, when available
  • Date and time stamps for requests

Cookies and Similar Storage

Cookies may help measure how visitors use the site and support its features. You can block or clear cookies in your browser settings. If you do, some site or partner features may not work as expected.


How the Information Is Used

  • To operate the site and keep pages responsive
  • To pass search requests to the appropriate outside provider
  • To understand which pages visitors use
  • To diagnose and correct technical problems
  • To show advertisements that may reflect visitors' interests

Outside Websites and Advertising

This site links to jail rosters, booking feeds, sheriff and corrections pages, government portals, and third-party search services. Once you leave this site, the destination's privacy notice and practices apply to information you provide there.

Some advertising partners may track activity across different sites on their own systems to select interest-based ads. Their tracking is governed by their policies and settings.


Who May Receive Information

We do not sell personal information. Information may be shared with or collected by the following parties when they provide a service or when the law requires disclosure:

  • Search partners that process submitted queries
  • Analytics providers that measure site use
  • Advertising networks that deliver or measure ads
  • Law enforcement or government agencies acting under a valid legal order

Security

Reasonable security practices are used to protect information handled by the site. No internet-connected system can be guaranteed completely secure, so we cannot promise that information will never be accessed, changed, or disclosed without authorization.


Visitors Under 18

This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a person under 18 has sent information, a parent or guardian may use a site feedback channel to ask us to review and delete it.


Privacy Requests and Choices

  • Ask what personal information we hold and request a copy
  • Ask us to correct information that is inaccurate
  • Request deletion of information, subject to legal exceptions
  • Opt out of certain processing where the law provides that choice

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), in Civil Code section 1798.100 and following, provides certain privacy rights to eligible consumers, subject to its scope and exceptions. To raise a question about information handled by this site, use the general feedback route described on the Contact Us page. Requests about records held by a sheriff, jail, court, or search partner must go to that organization.


Changes to This Notice

We may revise this notice as site practices change. Any revision will be posted here with its effective date.