Information You Send
Search Terms
A name or location entered into a search box is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. Grundy County Busted Mugshots does not store or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and Requests
If someone emails the publisher or submits a contact message, the message and reply details are kept long enough to respond and maintain the exchange. They are not shared outside the organization unless a valid legal requirement applies.
Technical Data Collected
Standard web-server and analytics systems may receive technical details when a page loads. These details help keep the pages working, understand general use, and locate faults:
- IP address
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent
- Referring page, when available
- Request timestamps
Cookies
Cookies may help measure how visitors use the pages or keep a feature working. Browser controls can block or clear cookies. Some features may behave differently when they are disabled.
How Information Is Used
- Keep the service available, secure, and responsive.
- Route a search request to the partner tool selected for it.
- Learn which pages are useful in general, aggregated terms.
- Find errors, abuse, and technical problems.
- Show advertising that may be relevant to a visitor.
Outside Websites
The pages link to the Grundy County Jail information, the sheriff’s Records Division, its FOIA instructions, the Illinois DOC search, sheriff and police records offices, court portals, federal locators, news outlets, and third-party search tools. Once a visitor leaves for one of those services, that provider’s privacy policy, terms, cookies, and data handling apply.
Some advertising partners may track activity across different websites on their own systems. That tracking is controlled by the partner’s settings and notice, not by this privacy page.
Who May Receive Data
Personal information is not sold by the private publisher. It may be received by the following groups when needed for the listed function:
- Search partners that process a query submitted to their tool.
- Analytics providers that measure page use.
- Advertising networks that deliver or measure ads.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order.
Security Limits
Reasonable safeguards and standard security practices are used, but no internet-connected system is completely secure. There is no promise that data will never be exposed through a breach, service failure, or event outside the publisher’s control.
Visitors Under 18
The service is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal data, a parent or guardian may use the Contact Us route to request deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
- Ask what personal information is held about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information held by the publisher.
- Request deletion where the publisher has a lawful duty and ability to do so.
- Ask to opt out of certain processing or partner communications.
Requests should identify the information and a reliable way to respond. A government record, court docket, or outside search provider must be corrected with that record holder directly.
Policy Changes
Privacy practices may change as the service, partners, or law changes. A revised version will be posted here with a new effective date. Continued use after an update means the revised policy applies going forward.