Information You Submit
Partner Search Queries
A name, place, or other term entered in a search box is transmitted to the third-party provider that operates the tool. Raleigh County Released Inmates does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider’s policy and terms control its receipt and use of the query.
Messages Sent to Us
If you email us or submit a contact message, we keep the information needed to read and answer it. We do not share the message outside our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
A page request can create routine technical and usage records. These records may include:
- The internet protocol address used for the request.
- Browser name, browser version, and language settings.
- Device category and operating system.
- Pages opened and time spent on them.
- The referring website, when one is supplied.
- The date and time associated with the visit.
Cookies
Cookies and similar technologies help measure how visitors use the site and support normal features. A browser can refuse or delete cookies. Some functions may work differently when cookies are blocked.
How We Use Collected Data
Collected data are used for the site’s operation and improvement, including these purposes:
- Keeping pages available, responsive, and stable.
- Sending a chosen search request to the correct partner tool.
- Learning which Raleigh release-resource pages visitors find useful.
- Finding errors, abuse, and other technical problems.
- Displaying advertising that may reflect a visitor’s interests.
Privacy on Outside Websites
Links may lead to WVDCR, Raleigh County courts, sheriff or police resources, federal locators, other government portals, and third-party search tools. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination’s privacy policy applies. We do not control its collection, storage, or disclosure practices.
Advertising providers may use their own technology to recognize activity across multiple websites and choose targeted advertisements. That processing occurs on their systems, not ours. Visitors should review the provider’s controls and opt-out choices.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Data may be handled by limited categories of recipients when needed for the service or required by law:
- Search partners that process a query sent to their tool.
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance.
- Advertising networks that deliver or measure ads.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order.
Reasonable Security Measures
We use ordinary administrative and technical practices intended to protect the information under our control. No internet service, transmission, or storage system is completely secure. We cannot promise that data will never be intercepted, lost, misused, or exposed.
Visitors Younger Than Eighteen
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under eighteen. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted personal data may use the Contact Us page to request review and deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to the law that applies to the request and the data we actually hold, a person may ask us to:
- Provide a copy of personal data associated with them.
- Correct personal information that is inaccurate.
- Delete personal information when erasure is available.
- Stop or limit certain processing when an opt-out right applies.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this Privacy Notice as services or practices change. The updated text takes effect when posted here, together with a revised effective date when one is supplied.