Privacy Notice

Information You Submit

Search entries

A name, location, or other term entered in a sponsored search box is sent to the third-party company that operates that tool. Menard County Released Inmates does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's privacy terms govern its handling of the request.

Messages

If you send an email or contact submission, we keep the information needed to read and answer it. We do not share a message outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law.

Information Collected Automatically

Ordinary web systems may record technical and usage details when a page loads. These can include:

• The connecting IP address.
• Browser name and version.
• Device type and operating system.
• Pages viewed and time spent on them.
• The referring page or site, when supplied.
• Date and time stamps for the request.

Cookies

Cookies and similar tools help measure how visitors use the resource and support site functions. Browser controls can reject or delete cookies. Blocking them may cause some features or partner tools to behave differently.

How Information Is Used

Collected information may be used to:

• Operate the resource and maintain reasonable speed.
• Send a search request to the selected outside provider.
• Understand which Menard County record pages visitors use.
• Detect errors, abuse, and technical faults.
• Display advertising that may be based on interests.

Illinois public records reached through this resource remain controlled by their government custodians. Illinois FOIA, 5 ILCS 140, governs qualifying executive-branch public-record requests, but it does not govern the private site's own technical data practices.

External Websites and Advertising

Links may lead to Menard County release records, sheriff and court pages, IDOC resources, federal locators, or outside search tools. Once a visitor leaves this domain, the destination's privacy policy and security practices apply.

Advertising companies may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and select ads. That tracking occurs under the partner's technology and policies, not as a government records function of Menard County.

Who May Receive Information

We do not sell personal information. Limited data may be available to:

• Search partners that process a query submitted to their tool.
• Analytics providers that measure site use.
• Advertising networks that deliver or assess ads.
• Law enforcement or another government body when a valid legal order requires disclosure.

Security Practices

We use reasonable, commonly accepted steps to protect information. No internet service, transmission method, or storage system is fully secure. This notice therefore does not promise that a breach, loss, or unauthorized access can never occur.

Visitors Under Eighteen

This resource is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may use the Contact Us page to request deletion.

Your Privacy Choices

Subject to applicable law and the information we can identify, a person may ask to:

• Receive a copy of personal data we hold about them.
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Delete personal information.
• Opt out of certain processing where that choice applies.

These choices concern data held by this private resource. Menard County, IDOC, VINE, search providers, and other linked entities control their own records and request processes.

Changes to This Notice

We may revise this Privacy Notice as practices or legal requirements change. The updated text will be posted on this page with a new effective date.