Information Visitors Submit
Search Terms
A name, location, or other text entered into a search box is passed to the third-party provider operating that search tool. McLean County Busted Mugshots does not store or log those search terms on its own end. The provider may apply its own terms and privacy practices.
Messages and Contact Submissions
If a visitor sends an email or uses a contact form, the message and the contact details supplied with it are kept so a response can be prepared. Those messages are not shared outside the organization unless disclosure is legally required or needed to address a security or abuse issue.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Routine server and analytics records may receive technical details when a page loads. The information can include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Referring site, when one is supplied
- Date and time stamps
Cookies and Similar Tools
Cookies may help show how visitors use the pages and whether the site works as intended. Browser settings can block or delete cookies. Some page features or partner tools may behave differently when cookies are blocked.
How McLean Data Is Used
- Keep the pages available, responsive, and secure.
- Send a search request to the partner service selected for that tool.
- Understand which pages are useful to visitors.
- Find errors, abuse, and technical problems.
- Display advertising that may relate to a visitor’s interests.
Links and Outside Privacy Rules
Pages may link to the McLean County Sheriff’s Office, the McLean County Detention Facility, the county FOIA service, the McLean County court search, the Illinois Department of Corrections, and federal or immigration locators such as BOP and ICE. They may also point to third-party search tools. Once a visitor leaves these pages, the destination’s privacy notice, data handling, and cookies control.
Advertising partners may observe activity across different websites to help deliver interest-based ads. That tracking takes place on the partners’ systems, not under this site’s direct control. Review the partner’s notice and use its available choices if a visitor does not want that activity.
Who May Receive Information
Personal information is not sold by this service. It may nevertheless reach the following recipients when they need it to perform a stated function or when the law requires disclosure:
- Search partners that process submitted queries.
- Analytics services that measure page use and performance.
- Advertising networks and their service providers.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order or other lawful demand.
Security Is a Best Effort
Reasonable, standard security steps are used to protect information handled through these pages. No internet-connected service is completely secure, however, and no promise is made that the system will be free of every breach, attack, or unauthorized access.
Visitors Under Eighteen
The pages are intended for adults. The service does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal information, a parent or guardian may ask that it be deleted using the available contact route.
Choices About Personal Data
Subject to applicable law and reasonable identity checks, a visitor may ask about information held in connection with a message or other direct interaction. Available requests include:
- A copy of personal information held about the requester.
- Correction of inaccurate information.
- Deletion of information that no longer needs to be kept.
- Opting out of certain processing, where an applicable choice is offered.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
These practices may change as the pages, search partners, analytics tools, or legal requirements change. A revised notice will be posted here with a new effective date. Continued use after an update means the revised practices apply going forward.