Information You Share With Us
Names You Type Into a Search
The search tools here are run by outside providers. When you type a name or a location into one of them, that text goes straight to the third-party service that powers the search. We do not keep it. The search terms are not logged or stored on our end. The provider that returns the results has its own rules for how those queries are handled, and those rules apply once your request reaches them.
Messages You Send Us
You may reach out through email or a contact form. When you do, we hold on to your message so we can write back. We do not pass those messages to anyone outside our team unless a law or a valid court order forces us to. Your note stays with us for the purpose of answering you, and nothing more.
Information Collected on Its Own
Like most websites, this one records a few technical facts each time a page loads. These details are routine. They help the site run and show how visitors move through it. The list below covers what gets noted automatically.
- The IP address your connection uses
- The browser and the version running it
- The kind of device and its operating system
- Which pages you open and how long you stay
- The site that sent you here, when there is one
- The date and time of each visit
Cookies
Cookies are small files a site saves in your browser. We use them to see how people get around these pages. You stay in control. Your browser settings let you block or erase cookies whenever you want. Keep in mind that a few features may act differently if you turn them off.
How the Information Is Used
- To keep the site online and quick to load
- To send each search request to the right partner service
- To learn which pages readers actually find useful
- To spot technical problems and fix them
- To show ads that may line up with what you read
Links That Lead Off This Site
Many links here point to outside places. These include the Connecticut Department of Correction inmate locator, DOC facility pages, the Judicial Branch case lookup, police agency pages, and third-party search tools. Once you click through, you leave our control. The privacy policy of whichever site you land on takes over from that point. We do not run those services, and we cannot speak for how they treat your data.
Some advertising partners may follow your activity across different websites so they can show ads aimed at your interests. That tracking happens on their systems, not on this one. Their own policies govern it, and you can review or limit it through the choices they offer.
Who May Receive Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. It may, however, reach a small set of parties in the normal course of running the site. The groups below are the ones who could see it.
- The search partners that process the queries you submit
- Analytics services that measure how the site performs
- Advertising networks that place ads on the pages
- Law enforcement or a government body acting under a valid legal order
Keeping Your Information Safe
We use reasonable, common security steps to guard the data we handle. Still, no system tied to the internet is ever fully safe. We cannot promise that a breach will never happen. We do the sensible things to lower the risk, but a guarantee against every attack is not something any honest site can give.
Visitors Under 18
This site is built for adults. We do not knowingly gather information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has sent us data, reach out through the Contact Us page and we will remove it.
Choices You Have Over Your Data
You hold real rights over the information we keep about you. Connecticut public-records law, found at Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 1-210, sets the open-records backdrop for government data, and our own handling of your personal details follows the steps below. The list shows what you can ask us to do.
- Ask for a copy of the data we hold on you
- Ask us to fix anything that is wrong
- Ask us to erase your information
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Changes to This Notice
This notice can change over time. When it does, the new version goes up on this page with a fresh effective date. Check back now and then so you know where things stand.