Information You Provide on Purpose
Names and Terms You Search
When you type a name or a place into one of the search boxes, that text travels to the outside company that runs the search tool. It is handled on their systems, under their rules. This site does not save those search terms, keep a log of them, or build a file on what you looked up. The query is simply passed through to the partner that can answer it.
Email and Form Messages
If you write in through a contact form or send an email, the message is held only so a reply can be sent. It stays inside this operation and is not handed to outside parties for their own use. The one exception is a valid legal demand, such as a court order, which can require disclosure.
Technical Details Collected on Their Own
Like nearly every website, this one records a small set of technical facts each time a page loads. None of it is asked for directly. It is generated by the connection between your device and the server, and it helps keep the pages working.
- The IP address your device connects from
- The browser name and version you are using
- The kind of device and the operating system it runs
- Which pages you opened and how long you stayed on each
- The site or link that sent you here, when there is one
- The date and time of each visit
Cookies
Small files called cookies may be placed in your browser to show how visitors move through the site. You stay in control of them. Your browser settings let you block cookies or clear ones already stored. Keep in mind that some features may not behave the same way once cookies are turned off.
Why the Data Is Used
- To keep the site online, loading quickly, and working as expected
- To send each search request to the correct partner service
- To learn which pages readers find helpful and which fall flat
- To spot technical problems and fix them
- To display ads that may line up with a visitor's interests
Links That Lead Off This Site
Many pages point you to outside places, such as the Connecticut Department of Correction inmate locator, Bristol Police Department pages, Connecticut Judicial Branch case lookups, federal locators, and third-party search tools. Once you click through, you are on their property. Their own privacy policy governs what happens next, not this one, so it is worth reading the policy on any site you land on.
Some advertising partners may follow your activity across different websites to shape the ads you see. That tracking runs on their systems, not on this site. If you would rather limit it, the privacy and ad-settings pages of those partners, along with industry opt-out tools, give you ways to scale it back.
Who Might Receive Your Information
Your personal information is never sold. In the normal course of running the site, though, certain data may reach the groups listed here.
- Search partners that process the queries you submit
- Analytics services that measure how the site is used
- Advertising networks that serve and manage ads
- Law enforcement or other government bodies, but only under a valid legal order
Keeping Your Information Safe
Reasonable, standard safeguards are used to guard the information that passes through the site. Still, no system tied to the internet can be made completely secure. Because of that, there is no promise that data can never be reached by someone who should not have it. You share information with this site, as with any site, at your own risk.
Visitors Younger Than 18
This site is built for adults. It does not knowingly gather information from anyone under the age of 18. If you believe a minor has sent in personal details, reach out through the contact page and the information will be removed.
The Choices You Have
You hold several rights over the data connected to you. Connecticut's open-records framework under CGS 1-210 and 1-212 and the state's record-erasure law at CGS 54-142a reflect the same basic ideas of access and correction. To act on any of these, use the contact page.
- Ask for a copy of the data held about you
- Ask to fix anything that is wrong
- Ask that your data be erased
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing, such as targeted ads
Changes to This Notice
This notice can change as the site grows or as the law shifts. When that happens, the new version is posted here with a fresh effective date. Checking back now and then is the best way to stay current on how data is handled.