Information You Submit
A name or location entered in a search box is sent to the third-party provider operating that tool. We do not store or log those search terms on our systems. If you send an email or contact message, we retain it as needed to answer. We do not share that correspondence outside the organization unless the law requires disclosure.
Automatic Technical Data
Ordinary web logs and analytics may record:
- IP address
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent
- Referring page, when available
- Date and time of access
Cookies help measure site use. You may block cookies through your browser, though some functions may then work differently.
How Data Is Used
Collected data may be used to operate and improve the site, route a query to the chosen search provider, measure useful pages, diagnose errors, prevent misuse, and display interest-based advertising.
Outside Websites
Links lead to the Will County Sheriff inmate inquiry and FOIA pages, Illinois Department of Corrections, courts, federal locators, news sources, and independent search tools. Once you leave this site, the destination’s privacy terms apply. Advertising partners may track activity across websites on their own systems.
When Data May Be Shared
We do not sell personal information. Limited data may reach search providers processing a query, analytics vendors, advertising networks, or a law-enforcement or government body acting under a valid legal order.
Security Limits
Reasonable security practices are used, but no internet-connected system can be promised to be breach-proof or completely secure.
Visitors Under Eighteen
The site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian may use the Contact Us page to request deletion if a minor submitted information.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law, you may ask for a copy of personal data held about you, request a correction or deletion, or object to certain processing. Send the request through Contact Us. These choices concern data held by this private site, not public records held under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140.
Changes to This Notice
This notice may be revised as practices or legal requirements change. A new version becomes effective when it is posted here with its updated effective date.