Information You Send Directly
Search Entries
A name, location, or other term typed into a search box is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. McDonough County Busted Mugshots does not store or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Notes
If you email or send a contact message, the message and the reply details are retained as needed to answer you and keep a record of the exchange. Those messages are not shared outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Details Collected Automatically
Routine server and analytics systems may record technical information when a page loads. The categories can include:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent on each page
- Referring website, when one is supplied
- Date and time stamps
Cookies and Browser Controls
Cookies may help us understand how visitors use the site and remember technical preferences. Browser settings can block or delete cookies. Some features may work differently when cookies are blocked.
Why the Information Is Used
Collection is limited to ordinary operation, measurement, and support of the McDonough County reference service. Information may be used to:
- Keep the pages working, available, and reasonably fast.
- Send a search request to the appropriate partner service.
- Measure which pages and features visitors find useful.
- Find, diagnose, and repair technical problems.
- Display advertising that may reflect a visitor's interests.
Links, Tools, and Advertising
Pages may link to the McDonough County Sheriff's Office, the county jail records route, city police departments, Illinois corrections resources, courts, federal locators, and outside search tools. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination's own privacy notice and data practices apply.
Some advertising partners may track activity across different websites to help deliver targeted advertising. That activity occurs on the partners' systems, not through a promise that McDonough County Busted Mugshots controls their collection or use.
Who May Receive Information
Personal information is not sold by McDonough County Busted Mugshots. It may nevertheless be received by the following parties when needed for the purposes above or when the law requires it:
- Search partners that process a submitted query.
- Analytics providers that measure site activity.
- Advertising networks and their service providers.
- Law-enforcement or other government bodies acting under a valid legal order.
Security Has Practical Limits
Reasonable standard security practices are used to protect information handled by the service. No internet-connected system is completely secure, however, so McDonough County Busted Mugshots cannot promise that data will be immune from every breach, misuse, or unauthorized access.
Visitors Under 18
The site is intended for adults. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, a parent or guardian may use the Contact Us page to ask that it be deleted.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on the information involved and applicable law, a visitor may ask about:
- Access to a copy of personal information held by the service.
- Correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Deletion or erasure of personal information.
- Opting out of certain processing, communications, or advertising uses.
Requests can be sent through the Contact Us page. A request about a sheriff, jail, police, court, IDOC, BOP, or ICE record must go to that originating agency because this site does not control those records.
Changes to This Notice
This notice may be revised as the service, technology, or legal requirements change. A revised version will be posted here with a new effective date, and continued use after the update means the revised practices apply.