Information You Submit
Terms Entered in Search Tools
When you enter a name or location into a search box, the query is sent to the outside provider that operates the tool. This site does not keep or log those search terms on its own system.
Messages Sent to Us
If you send an email or contact-form message, we retain the information needed to answer it. We do not share the message beyond our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Visit Data
Standard server, analytics, and advertising technologies may collect routine details when a page loads. Those details may include:
- Your Internet Protocol address.
- Your browser type and version.
- Your device type and operating system.
- The pages viewed and time spent on them.
- The referring website, when one is supplied.
- The date and time of each request.
Cookies and Similar Storage
Cookies help measure how visitors use the site and support certain features. You may block or remove cookies through your browser settings, although parts of the site may then work differently.
How Information Is Used
Information is used only for normal site operations and related services. It may help us:
- Keep pages available and responsive.
- Send a search request to the selected partner.
- Understand which Catawba County resource pages readers use.
- Diagnose errors, abuse, and technical faults.
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests.
Government and Outside Links
Links may lead to Catawba County Sheriff pages, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction resources, court portals, federal locators, release records, and third-party tools. Once you leave this site, the destination’s privacy policy controls its collection and use of information.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites and select interest-based ads. That tracking occurs under the partner’s practices, not as a database maintained by this site.
When Information May Be Shared
We do not sell personal information. Data may be provided only to categories of recipients needed for site operations or legal compliance:
- Search partners that process a query you submit.
- Analytics providers that measure site use.
- Advertising networks that deliver or assess ads.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order.
Reasonable Security Measures
We use customary safeguards suited to the information handled by the site. No website, network, or storage system can be promised as completely secure, so we cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Adults Only
The site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor submitted personal data, use the Contact Us page to request its deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and our ability to verify the request, you may ask to exercise these choices:
- Receive a copy of personal data we hold about you.
- Correct personal information that is inaccurate.
- Request deletion of personal information.
- Object to or opt out of certain processing where that right applies.
North Carolina public records held by the Sheriff, courts, or DAC are controlled by those agencies under Chapter 132 and other applicable laws. A request to this private site cannot alter a government record.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this Privacy Notice as site practices or legal duties change. A revision takes effect when the updated notice and its new effective date are posted here.