Information You Choose to Submit
Terms Entered in Search Tools
When you type a name, place, or other terms into a search tool, that request is sent to the third-party provider that operates the tool. Fulton County Recent Arrests does not keep or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider’s handling of the query is governed by its own policies.
Email and Contact Messages
If you email us or send a contact form, we retain the message and the contact details needed to answer it. We do not share a message outside our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Data Collected During a Visit
Routine server, analytics, and advertising technologies may record technical details when a page loads. Those details can include:
- Your Internet Protocol address
- Your browser type and version
- Your device category and operating system
- The pages viewed and time spent on them
- The referring website, when one is available
- The date and time of each request
Cookies and Similar Storage
Cookies help measure how visitors use the website and may support site or advertising functions. You can block or remove cookies through your browser settings. Some features may work differently or become unavailable when cookies are disabled.
Purposes for Using Information
Collected information is used only for operating, understanding, and supporting the website. Typical uses are to:
- Keep pages available, responsive, and efficient
- Send search requests to the appropriate partner tool
- Understand which pages visitors find helpful
- Diagnose errors and correct technical problems
- Display advertising that may reflect likely interests
Destinations Beyond This Website
Pages may link to Fulton County jail rosters and booking feeds, sheriff and corrections sites, Illinois government portals, news sources, and outside search tools. After you follow an outbound link, the destination’s own privacy notice controls its collection and use of information. We do not control those practices.
Some advertising partners may use their systems to recognize activity across websites and select interest-based advertisements. Any such cross-site tracking occurs through the partner’s technology, not through a personal profile maintained by Fulton County Recent Arrests.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Depending on how you use the website and which services are active, information may be provided to:
- Search partners that process submitted queries
- Analytics providers that measure site activity
- Advertising networks that deliver or assess advertisements
- Law-enforcement agencies or other government bodies responding to a valid legal order
Safeguards and Their Limits
We use customary administrative and technical measures intended to protect information in our care. No website, network, storage system, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. We therefore cannot promise that information will never be intercepted, lost, misused, or accessed without authorization.
Visitors Younger Than 18
This website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has submitted personal information, notify us through the contact page so the material can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.
Your Information Choices
Subject to applicable law and verification of a request, you may:
- Ask for a copy of personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Ask that personal data be erased
- Object to or opt out of certain processing activities
These choices concern information controlled by this website. Requests about a sheriff record, court file, search-provider query, or another linked source must be directed to the organization that controls that information.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this privacy notice as services, practices, or legal requirements change. A revised version becomes available on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use after publication is subject to the notice then posted.