Information You Submit
Search terms
A name, place, or other term entered in a search box is sent to the outside provider that operates the tool. Hyde County Released Inmates does not store or log those search terms on its own system.
Messages
An email or contact message may be kept long enough to answer and maintain the exchange. It is not shared outside the organization unless a valid legal duty requires disclosure.
Automatic Technical Data
Normal page requests may produce technical logs and usage measurements.
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser name and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and time spent
- Referring page, when supplied
- Date and time stamps
Cookies
Cookies help measure how visitors use the site. A browser can block them, although some features may then work differently.
How Data Is Used
Collected data supports limited operational purposes.
- Keeping pages available and responsive
- Sending a search to the selected partner service
- Learning which content visitors use
- Finding and repairing technical faults
- Displaying advertising that may reflect interests
Other Sites and Advertising
Links lead to sheriff and corrections pages, official portals, release-record sources, and outside search tools. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination’s own privacy terms govern. Some advertising partners may measure activity across websites on their systems to select ads.
When Data May Be Shared
Personal data is not sold. It may be handled by search providers processing a query, analytics services measuring traffic, advertising networks serving ads, or a law-enforcement or government body acting under a valid legal order.
Security Is Best Effort
Reasonable, standard safeguards are used. No internet-connected service can promise perfect security or guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Visitors Under Eighteen
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect information from a person under eighteen. A parent or guardian may use the Contacts page to request deletion if a minor submitted data.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and the data actually held, a person may request a copy, seek correction of an error, ask for erasure, or object to certain processing. These rights concern information held by this private site, not records controlled by a sheriff, court, NCDAC, or another linked agency.
Notice Changes
This privacy notice may be revised. A new version takes effect when posted here with its updated effective date.