Information You Send
Search Terms
A name, location, or other text entered into a search box is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. Richland County Busted Mugshots does not itself store or keep a log of those search terms, but the provider may handle them under its own privacy policy and terms.
Messages and Requests
If you send an email or contact message, the message and the reply address are kept as needed to read, answer, and document the exchange. Those messages are not shared outside the operation of the site unless disclosure is required by law, needed to protect the service, or necessary to use a vendor that helps handle the request.
Technical Details Collected Automatically
Normal page requests can create technical records about the visit. These details help diagnose errors, protect the service, and understand broad use patterns. They are not treated as a county booking record.
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and approximate time spent on them
- Referring website, when one is supplied
- Date and time stamps for requests
Cookies and Local Storage
Cookies and browser local storage may keep preferences, support basic functions, measure use, or help an advertising or referral partner recognize a visit. Browser controls can block or clear them. Some features may work differently when those controls are used.
How Information Is Used
Information is used for the ordinary work of operating a public reference service. The purposes can include:
- Keeping the pages available, usable, and reasonably fast
- Sending a search request to the partner that supplies the search tool
- Replying to messages and records questions
- Detecting misuse, securing the service, and fixing technical faults
- Reviewing analytics and aggregate patterns to improve the pages
- Showing advertising or referral offers that may be relevant to a visit
Links to Other Services
Pages may link to the RCSO Inmate Search, the Richland County FOIA form, the Circuit Clerk, state and federal locators, local police offices, news pages, and third-party search tools. Those services decide what they collect, publish, retain, or charge. Their own privacy policies and terms apply after you leave this site.
Advertising partners may use cookies or similar tools to measure activity across different websites and to choose advertisements. That activity is governed by the partner's systems and choices, not by this policy alone.
Who May Receive Information
Richland County Busted Mugshots does not sell personal information as a product. Information may nevertheless reach service providers involved in running the pages or responding to a visitor.
- Search partners that process text submitted to a search box
- Analytics providers that measure page use
- Advertising and referral networks
- Vendors that host, secure, maintain, or help operate the service
- Government or law-enforcement bodies when a valid legal order or other lawful demand requires disclosure
Security Practices
Reasonable, best-effort safeguards are used to protect information handled through the service. No internet-connected system is completely secure, however, and no promise is made that stored messages, technical logs, or transmissions will be breach-proof.
Visitors Under 18
The site is intended for adults. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal data, a parent or guardian may use the Contact Us route to ask that it be deleted.
Your Privacy Choices
Where applicable under the law, a visitor may ask what personal information is held, request correction of inaccurate information, ask for deletion, or opt out of certain processing. Send a clear request through Contact Us with enough detail to locate the message or data. Some requests may require identity or legal verification, and certain records may need to be retained.
- Ask for a copy of personal information held by the site
- Request correction of an inaccurate contact detail
- Request deletion when no retention rule requires the data to remain
- Ask to opt out of eligible analytics, advertising, or referral processing
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be revised when the service, vendors, laws, or data practices change. A revised version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Continued use after an update indicates acceptance of the revised practices.