Alabama Privacy Policy

This policy describes information that may be collected when you use Alabama Recent Arrests, how the site and its service partners use that information, and when it may be shared. Search services, analytics, hosting, and advertising can involve separate providers with their own systems. By using the site, you accept the practices described here. Review the privacy terms of an outside service before you submit information to it.

Information You Submit

Search Terms

If you enter a name, place, or other term in a search box powered by a third party, that information is sent to the provider operating the tool. The provider may collect and handle it under its own privacy policy. The site does not store or log those search terms on its own systems.

Messages

If you send an email or contact message, the information you include may be kept so the operator can review and answer it. It is not shared outside the organization unless needed to handle the message, required by law, or necessary to protect the site and its users. Do not send sensitive personal or case information through a general message.


Technical Visit Data

When a page loads, the hosting and analytics systems may record routine technical details such as:

  • Internet protocol address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device category and operating system
  • Pages opened and time spent on them
  • The referring page, when available
  • Date and time of the request

Cookies and Similar Tools

Cookies may help measure how visitors use the site or support a feature supplied by a partner. Browser settings can block or clear cookies. Some embedded search, analytics, or advertising features may not work as expected if you block them.


How Information Is Used

  • Keep the site available and improve page performance
  • Send a search request to the provider that operates the search box
  • Understand which guides visitors use
  • Find errors, abuse, or technical problems
  • Display advertising that may reflect browsing interests

Outside Sites and Advertising

Our links may lead to sheriff and jail rosters, government portals, court systems, county guides, news publishers, or commercial search tools. Once you leave this site, the other operator's privacy policy and settings apply. We do not control how an outside site stores submitted data or uses its cookies.

Advertising partners may use cookies or similar technology on their own systems to measure visits or select ads across websites. That tracking is handled by the partner and is not controlled by this site's pages. Review the partner's privacy terms and ad settings for details.


When Information May Be Shared

We do not sell personal information. Information may be available to the service categories below when needed to operate the site or respond to a valid legal requirement:

  • Search providers that receive terms entered in their tools
  • Analytics services that report page use
  • Advertising networks serving ads
  • Law enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order

Security Practices

Reasonable technical and organizational steps are used to protect information handled by the site. No internet-connected service can guarantee that every system or transmission is secure, so we cannot promise that a breach or unauthorized access will never occur.


Visitors Under 18

This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If a minor has sent personal information, a parent or guardian may contact the site operator to request its deletion.


Requests About Your Data

  • Ask whether the site holds information you submitted
  • Request correction of inaccurate information you supplied
  • Ask for deletion of information the site can identify and control
  • Ask about opting out of a particular use of submitted data

Use the Contact Us page to identify the issue and give enough detail to locate the message. Do not include a full identity document or sensitive criminal-case material unless the operator explains a secure way to provide it. A request to change a sheriff's, court's, or publisher's record must go to that record holder.


Policy Changes

This policy may be revised as site functions or service providers change. A revised version will appear on this page with an updated effective date; continued use after posting means you accept the revised terms.