Information You Provide to Us
What You Type Into a Search
When you type a name or a place into a search tool on this site, that text is passed to the outside provider that runs the tool. Those providers, such as the Connecticut Department of Correction inmate search or other third-party services, receive and act on your query. The site itself does not keep, log, or store the search terms you enter on our end. What happens to the query after it reaches the provider is governed by that provider's own privacy rules.
Messages You Send Us
If you email us or fill out a contact form, we hold on to what you send so we can write back. We use your message only to reply to you. We do not pass it to anyone outside our organization unless the law requires us to do so.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this one records some technical details each time a page loads. This data is routine and is used to keep the site working and to study broad usage patterns. It includes the following:
- Your IP address
- The browser you use and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you view and how long you stay on each one
- The site that sent you here, if there was one
- The date and time of each visit
Cookies
Cookies are small files that help us see how people move through the site. You can turn them off in your browser settings. If you block them, parts of the site may look or work a bit differently than they would otherwise.
How We Use What We Collect
- To keep the site online and running fast
- To send your search to the right partner service
- To learn which pages help visitors most
- To spot and fix technical problems
- To show ads that may match what you are looking for
Links to Other Sites
This site points to many outside pages. These include the Connecticut Department of Correction, the Connecticut Judicial Branch, federal locators, and third-party search tools that serve Litchfield County and the rest of Connecticut. Once you click through to one of these, that site's own privacy policy takes over. We do not control how they collect or use your data.
Some advertising partners may follow your activity across different websites to serve ads they think fit your interests. That tracking happens on their systems, not on ours.
Who May Receive Your Data
We do not sell your personal data. In the normal course of running the site, your information may reach the parties listed below.
- Search partners that process the queries you submit
- Analytics services that measure how the site is used
- Advertising networks that place and manage ads
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it
How We Guard Your Data
We follow common security practices to protect the data we handle. Still, no system that connects to the internet is ever fully safe. We cannot promise that your data will never be reached by someone who should not have it. We do our best, but we cannot guarantee a breach will never happen.
Visitors Under 18
This site is meant for adults. We do not knowingly gather data from anyone under the age of 18. If you believe a minor has sent us information, please contact us and we will delete it.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights over the data we hold about you. Connecticut also has strong public-record traditions under its Freedom of Information Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 1-210, though that law applies to government agencies rather than private sites like this one. The choices you have with us include the following:
- Ask for a copy of the data we hold about you
- Ask us to correct anything that is wrong
- Ask us to erase your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of processing
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this notice from time to time. When we do, the new version will be posted on this page with a fresh effective date. Please check back now and then so you know how your data is handled.