Information You Submit
Search Terms
When you type a name, location, or other search detail into a partner search tool, that query is sent to the third-party provider that operates the tool. This site does not keep its own separate log of those search terms.
Messages
If you email us or send a message through a linked contact method, we use the information you provide to read and answer the request. We do not share those messages outside our organization unless a valid legal requirement makes disclosure necessary.
Technical Data Collected
Like most websites, this site may receive routine technical details when a page loads or when a browser requests site files.
- Internet Protocol address.
- Browser name, browser version, and language settings.
- Device type, screen information, and operating system.
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on pages.
- Referring website or search engine, when available.
- Date and time of the visit.
Cookies
Cookies and similar tools may help measure site use, remember basic settings, and understand which pages are helpful. You can block cookies in your browser. Some features, ads, or partner tools may work differently if cookies are disabled.
How Data Is Used
- To keep pages available, stable, and reasonably fast.
- To route partner search requests to the correct provider.
- To understand which Hamilton County record pages people use most.
- To detect technical errors, abuse, or security problems.
- To support ads that may be based on general interests.
Outside Websites
This site links to jail rosters, sheriff pages, court resources, Illinois Department of Corrections pages, federal locators, and third-party search tools. Once you leave this site, the privacy notice and data practices of the outside website control.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites and show interest-based ads. That tracking happens under their policies, not as an official Hamilton County or Illinois public-records process.
Who May Receive Data
We do not sell personal messages. Some data may be handled by the services needed to operate, measure, advertise, or comply with lawful process.
- Search partners that process submitted queries.
- Analytics providers used to measure site performance.
- Advertising networks that serve or measure ads.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies when required by a valid legal order.
Security Measures
We use reasonable security practices for a small public website. No internet-connected service can be promised as breach-proof, and no transmission method is completely secure.
Visitors Under 18
This site is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If a minor sent personal information, contact us so the information can be reviewed for deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
- Ask for a copy of personal information we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct information that is wrong.
- Ask us to delete information when deletion is legally and technically available.
- Opt out of certain processing where an opt-out right applies.
Illinois FOIA, 5 ILCS 140, applies to public bodies and official records. Requests for sheriff, jail, court, or corrections records must go to the public office that maintains the record, not to this private site.
Notice Updates
This Privacy Notice may be changed from time to time. Updated terms will be posted on this page with the revised effective content.