Information You Hand Over Yourself
What You Type Into a Search
Some pages carry a search box run by an outside provider. When you enter a name or a place and run a lookup, that text travels straight to the third-party company that operates the tool. We do not keep it. The search terms are not saved or logged on our end, and we have no copy of what you searched. How that provider treats your query is governed by its own privacy policy, not this one.
Notes and Contact Form Submissions
If you email us or send a message through a contact form, we hold on to that message only so we can write back. Your note is not passed to anyone outside our operation unless the law forces us to share it. Once a question is handled, the message has no further use to us.
Information Collected On Its Own
Every time a page loads, your browser quietly sends along a set of technical details. This happens on most websites, and it does not name you personally. The items below are the kind of data that gets recorded.
- The IP address your connection is using
- The browser you are on and its version number
- Your device type and the operating system running it
- Which pages you opened and how long you stayed on each one
- The site that sent you here, when there is one
- The date and time of each request
Cookies
Small files called cookies help us see how people move through the site. You can turn them off in your browser settings or clear them whenever you like. Blocking cookies is your call. Keep in mind that a few features may act differently, or load less smoothly, once they are switched off.
Why We Use This Information
The data above is put to a short list of practical jobs. None of it exists for its own sake. Here is what it actually supports.
- Keeping the site online and quick to load
- Sending search requests to the correct partner service
- Working out which pages readers find genuinely useful
- Spotting and repairing technical problems
- Displaying ads that may line up with your interests
Where Our Links Take You
This site points outward a lot. We link to the Connecticut Department of Correction inmate search, the East Hartford Police Department, the Connecticut Judicial Branch, federal locators, and various third-party research tools. Once you click through to any of them, you leave our pages behind. The site you land on runs under its own privacy policy, and that document, not ours, decides how your information is treated there.
A few advertising partners may follow your activity across different websites to shape the ads you see. That tracking lives on their systems, not on this one. Their policies, again, are the ones that apply to it.
Who Could End Up With Your Data
We do not sell your personal information. We never have, and that is not part of the plan. Even so, in the normal course of running the site, certain data can reach the groups listed below.
- The search partners that process the queries you submit
- Analytics services that measure how the site is used
- Advertising networks that serve and target ads
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it
Keeping Your Data Safe
We follow reasonable, standard measures to guard the information we handle. Still, no system connected to the internet is ever fully locked down. We cannot promise that a breach will never happen, and nobody honestly can. What we can say is that we treat security as a real responsibility, not an afterthought.
Visitors Under 18
This site is built for adults. We do not knowingly gather information from anyone younger than 18. If you believe a minor has sent us personal details, get in touch and we will remove what we have. Parents and guardians are welcome to reach out about anything a child may have submitted.
The Choices You Have
You hold a set of rights over the personal data we may have about you. To act on any of them, send us a message and we will respond. Those rights include the following.
- Ask for a copy of the data we hold on you
- Have inaccurate information corrected
- Request that your data be erased
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Changes Down the Road
This notice can change as the site grows or as the law shifts. When that happens, the revised version goes up on this page with a fresh effective date. Checking back now and then is the surest way to know where things stand.