Information You Hand Us Yourself
Names Typed Into Search Tools
The search boxes on this site are run by outside companies. When you type a name or a place into one of them, that query travels straight to the provider that operates the tool. We do not keep a copy of what you searched, and we do not log those terms on our own systems. The provider's own privacy rules take over from there.
Emails and Messages You Send
If you write to us, we hold onto your message so we can answer it. That is the only reason we keep it. We do not pass your message or your email address to anyone outside our operation unless a law or a court order forces us to.
Information Collected on Its Own
Like nearly every website, this one records some technical details automatically each time a page loads. None of it requires any action from you. The items collected are:
- Your IP address
- The browser you use and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- Which pages you open and how long you stay on each
- The site that sent you here, when there is one
- The date and time of each visit
Cookies
We use cookies to understand how visitors move through the site. Your browser settings let you refuse or delete cookies whenever you wish. Blocking them will not lock you out, though a few features may behave a little differently without them.
How That Information Gets Used
The data described above serves a short list of purposes:
- Keeping the site online, stable, and quick to load
- Passing search requests to the correct partner service
- Seeing which pages actually help visitors and which do not
- Spotting and repairing technical problems
- Showing advertising that may line up with your interests
Outside Websites We Link To
Pages on this site link out to Connecticut Department of Correction pages, the state's inmate locator, Connecticut Judicial Branch lookups, federal locators, and third-party search tools. The moment you click through to one of those destinations, its privacy policy governs what happens, not this one. We have no control over how those sites handle visitor data.
Some of the advertising partners that appear here may also track browsing activity across multiple websites to build interest profiles. That tracking happens on their systems. It is not something this site performs or stores.
Who Could Receive Your Information
We do not sell personal information. Even so, the data described in this notice can reach a small set of outside parties in the normal course of running the site:
- The search partners that process the queries you submit
- Analytics services that measure site traffic
- Advertising networks that place ads on our pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies, but only under a subpoena, court order, or other valid legal demand
Keeping Your Information Safe
We follow standard security practices for a site of this kind. Still, honesty matters here: no system connected to the internet is immune to attack. We cannot promise that a breach will never happen, and you should treat anything sent over the web as carrying some level of risk.
Visitors Under Eighteen
This site is meant for adults. We do not knowingly gather information from anyone under eighteen years old. If you believe a minor has submitted personal details here, contact us and we will remove the information.
Choices You Have Over Your Data
You are not powerless over the information described in this notice. You may:
- Ask for a copy of any data we hold about you
- Ask us to correct details that are wrong
- Ask us to erase your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing, such as interest-based advertising
Revisions to This Notice
This notice can change as the site, the law, or our partners change. When it does, the new version will be posted on this page with a fresh effective date. Checking back from time to time is the best way to stay current on how your information is handled.