Information Sent Directly
Search Queries
When a visitor types a name or location into a search box, the query is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. Richmond County Busted Mugshots does not store or log those search terms on its own server. The provider may handle the query under its own privacy notice and terms.
Messages and Contact Requests
An email or contact message may be kept so a response can be sent and the conversation can be managed. Those messages are not shared outside the operating organization unless disclosure is required by law, needed to protect rights, or necessary for a service provider working on the response.
Technical Details Collected
Normal page delivery can create technical records. Depending on the hosting, analytics, and advertising services in use, these may include:
- IP address or an approximate network location.
- Browser name, version, language, and device settings.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages visited and time spent on each page.
- The referring page or site, when one is supplied.
- Dates, times, and other request timestamps.
Cookies and Similar Tools
Cookies or comparable storage may help measure page use, remember a setting, support a search partner, or deliver advertising. Browser controls can block or delete cookies. Some functions may work differently when those tools are disabled.
How Information Is Used
Collected information is used for ordinary operation and service measurement.
- Keep the pages available, secure, and reasonably fast.
- Send a search request to the provider that operates the selected search tool.
- Understand which pages are useful and where visitors encounter problems.
- Find, diagnose, and correct technical errors.
- Display advertising that may be relevant to a visitor's interests.
Links and Outside Providers
Pages link to the Richmond County roster, booking and court systems, sheriff and corrections pages, government portals, federal locators, news outlets, and third-party search services. Local examples include the RCSO roster, the Augusta Open Records route, and the Richmond case-search gateway. The state-stage reference is the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search. Those links concern records associated with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Eugene Brantley, and the Charles B. Webster Detention Center; they are not controlled by this service. Once a visitor leaves this service, the destination's own privacy policy and terms control the information sent there.
Some advertising partners may measure activity across different sites for targeted advertising. That activity occurs on their systems, under their policies, rather than under the control of this reference service.
Who May Receive Data
Personal information is not sold by Richmond County Busted Mugshots. It may nevertheless reach the following recipients when needed for the stated purposes:
- Search partners that receive a query submitted through their tool.
- Analytics services that measure page performance and use.
- Advertising networks and their technical vendors.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order or other lawful demand requires disclosure.
Security Practices
Reasonable standard safeguards are used for information handled by the service. No internet-connected system is fully secure, however, and no promise can be made that a system will never suffer an incident or unauthorized access.
Visitors Under Eighteen
The service is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under eighteen. If a minor has sent information, a parent or guardian may use the contact route to ask that it be deleted.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and reasonable verification, a person may ask about information associated with a contact interaction. Available requests can include:
- A copy of personal information held by the service.
- Correction of inaccurate information.
- Deletion of information that the service has no continuing reason to retain.
- Opting out of certain processing where the service or law provides that choice.
Requests should identify the information and a safe way to respond. Search terms sent to a third-party provider must be addressed with that provider.
Policy Changes
This policy may be revised as the service, providers, or legal requirements change. A revised version will be posted here with a new effective date. Continued use after posting means the updated practices apply from that date forward.