Information You Enter
Search terms
A name, location, or other term entered into a search box is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. McDuffie County Busted Mugshots does not store or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and submissions
If a visitor emails the publisher or sends a contact message, the message and the reply address may be retained so a response can be made. Those messages are not shared outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law or needed to protect a legal right.
Technical Data and Cookies
Normal page requests can create technical records. Depending on the hosting, analytics, and advertising services in use, these may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on each
- Referring site, when supplied
- Request timestamps
Cookie choices
Cookies or similar tools may help measure how visitors use the pages and keep features working. Browser controls can block or delete them. Some functions may behave differently when those tools are disabled.
How Collected Data Is Used
- Keep the pages available, secure, and reasonably fast.
- Send a search request to the partner service that operates the search box.
- Learn which pages are useful and where readers encounter errors.
- Diagnose technical faults and improve page performance.
- Display advertising that may be selected using interest or visit data.
Links to Record Offices
The pages link to official and private resources. Examples include the McDuffie County Jail Division, Thomson Police, the Georgia Courts E-Access gateway, and the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search. The outside office or service controls its own data practices, content, security, availability, and terms once a visitor clicks away.
Advertising partners may use their own technologies to measure activity across sites for interest-based advertising. That activity takes place on their systems under their policies, not under this notice as a promise of control over their networks.
Who May Receive Information
Personal information is not sold by McDuffie County Busted Mugshots as a standalone mailing list. Information may still be received by the following parties when the relevant feature or legal duty applies:
- Search partners that process a query entered into their tool.
- Analytics providers that measure page use.
- Advertising networks that serve or measure ads.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order.
Security Efforts
Reasonable standard security practices are used for information under the publisher’s control. No internet-connected system is completely secure, so McDuffie County Busted Mugshots cannot promise that a breach, interception, or unauthorized access will never occur.
Visitors Under 18
The pages are intended for adults. The publisher does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, a parent or guardian may use the contact route to request deletion of the material that can be identified.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and the limits of the services involved, a person may ask to:
- Receive a copy of personal data held by the publisher.
- Correct information that is inaccurate.
- Delete information that the publisher can identify and is allowed to remove.
- Opt out of certain processing, cookies, or advertising uses.
Requests should identify the information and a way to reply. A search partner or government custodian may need to receive a separate request because the publisher cannot control that outside record.
Notice Changes
This notice may be revised as the pages, partners, or legal requirements change. A revised version will be posted here with a new effective date. Continued use after an update means the revised notice applies to future use.