Privacy Notice

This notice describes information handled when someone visits Darke County Released Inmates, uses an embedded search tool, or sends a message. It also explains why that data may be used, which outside services may receive it, and the choices available to visitors. This site links to Ohio and Darke County public sources, but each linked office or service applies its own privacy practices after a visitor leaves this site.

Information You Submit

A name, location, or other term entered in an embedded search box is sent to the third-party company operating that tool. Darke County Released Inmates does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider’s policy governs its processing.

If you email or send a contact message, we keep the supplied address and message long enough to respond and handle the request. We do not share that correspondence outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law.


Technical Data and Cookies

Ordinary server and analytics systems may record technical details when a page loads. That data helps operate the site, measure use, and diagnose faults.

  • Internet Protocol address
  • Browser name and version
  • Device type and operating system
  • Pages viewed and time spent
  • Referring page or site, when supplied
  • Date and time of each request

Cookies may help measure how visitors use the pages and support site functions. A browser can reject or remove cookies, though some features may then work differently.


How Information Is Used

Collected data is used for limited operational purposes connected with the site and its search partnerships.

  • Deliver pages and maintain site performance
  • Send a search request to the selected outside provider
  • Learn which resources visitors use most
  • Identify errors, abuse, and security problems
  • Display advertising that may reflect general interests

Links and Outside Services

Links may lead to Darke County release records, sheriff and court pages, Ohio corrections systems, federal locators, or outside search tools. Once a visitor follows a link, the destination’s privacy policy controls its collection and use of data.

Advertising companies may use their own technology to recognize activity across websites and tailor ads. That processing occurs on their systems and is governed by their policies, not this notice.


Who May Receive Data

We do not sell personal information. Limited data may be available to service providers or public authorities when needed for the functions described here.

  • Search partners that process a submitted query
  • Analytics providers that measure page use
  • Advertising networks serving or measuring ads
  • Law enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order

Reasonable Security Measures

Standard administrative and technical practices are used to protect information under this site’s control. No internet service, device, transmission, or storage system is completely secure. We therefore cannot promise that data will never be accessed, lost, altered, or disclosed without authorization.


Visitors Under Eighteen

This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may use the Contact Us page to request deletion.


Your Privacy Choices

Subject to applicable law and the ability to verify a request, a visitor may ask about personal data held by this site.

  • Request a copy of available personal data
  • Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
  • Request deletion where retention is not required
  • Opt out of certain processing when that option applies

These rights concern data controlled by this private site. Requests for a Darke County, court, sheriff, or ODRC public record must go to the agency that holds it.


Changes to This Notice

This privacy notice may be revised as site practices, vendors, or legal requirements change. An updated version takes effect when posted here with its new effective date.