Information You Submit
Terms Entered in Search
A name, location, or other detail entered in a search tool is sent to the third-party provider that operates it. McDonough County Recent Arrests does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's privacy policy governs its receipt and handling of the query.
Emails and Contact Messages
If you contact us, we retain the message and details you provide for as long as reasonably needed to review and answer it. Messages are not shared outside the organization unless needed to respond, operate the service, protect legal rights, or obey a valid legal requirement.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Routine technical information may be recorded when a browser requests a page. It helps deliver the site, measure performance, and diagnose faults. It may include:
- The internet protocol address associated with the request
- Browser name, version, and related settings
- Device category and operating system
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on them
- The referring page or website, when supplied
- Date and time stamps tied to requests
Cookies and Similar Tools
Cookies may be used to understand visits, maintain features, measure traffic, and support advertising. You can limit or block them through browser controls. Some functions may behave differently when cookies are disabled.
Purposes for Using Data
Information received through visits and messages supports ordinary site operations and communication. It may be used to:
- Keep pages available, stable, and responsive
- Send search requests to the proper partner service
- Learn which records-navigation pages are useful
- Find and correct technical problems
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests
Privacy Beyond This Website
Links may lead to the McDonough County Sheriff's Office and Jail, municipal police, Illinois VINE, Judici, Illinois Department of Corrections, government portals, news sources, and outside search tools. Each destination controls its own logging, cookies, security, and privacy practices. Its policy applies after you follow a link.
Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, or similar tools on their systems to recognize activity across websites and select interest-based ads. That processing is governed by the partner's practices.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited data may reach service providers or authorities when their role requires it, including:
- Search partners that receive and process a submitted query
- Analytics vendors that measure use and performance
- Advertising networks that deliver or evaluate advertisements
- Law enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order
Safeguards and Security Limits
Reasonable, standard safeguards protect information under our control. No website, network, storage platform, or transmission method is fully secure. McDonough County Recent Arrests cannot promise that data will never be accessed, changed, lost, or disclosed despite those efforts.
Visitors Younger Than Eighteen
The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under eighteen. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may use the Contacts page to identify it and request deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law and the information held, you may:
- Ask for a copy of personal data maintained about you
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Ask for erasure when retention is not required
- Object to or opt out of certain processing
These choices concern information controlled by this website. A request about sheriff, jail, police, court, state, search-partner, or news data must go to that source.
Changes to This Notice
This notice may change as practices, providers, or legal requirements evolve. A revised version takes effect when posted here with a new effective date.