Privacy Notice

This notice describes how Indiana County Released Inmates handles information connected with visits, messages, search tools, and outside services. It also explains the choices available to users. Government sites, PA DOC, VINELink, advertising services, and search partners apply their own privacy rules after a visitor uses their systems.

Information You Submit

A name, location, or other term entered into a search box is transmitted to the third-party company that operates that tool. Indiana County Released Inmates does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's policy governs its handling of the query and any account or payment information supplied to it.

If you send an email or contact message, we retain the information needed to read and answer it. Messages are not shared outside the organization unless doing so is required by law or necessary to respond through a service you requested.


Automatic Technical Data

Normal web operations can collect basic technical and usage information when a page loads. That data may include:

  • Internet Protocol address
  • Browser name and version
  • Device type and operating system
  • Pages viewed and time spent on them
  • The referring site, when available
  • Date and time stamps

Cookies and similar technologies help measure how visitors use the site. Most browsers let users limit or block cookies. Some functions may work differently after cookies are disabled.


How Data Is Used

Collected data supports ordinary site operations and service delivery. Uses can include:

  • Keeping pages available, stable, and responsive
  • Sending a search request to the selected outside provider
  • Learning which Indiana County resources visitors use
  • Diagnosing errors, misuse, and technical problems
  • Displaying advertising that may reflect general interests

Other Sites and Services

Links may lead to Indiana County offices, Pennsylvania courts, PA DOC, PA SAVIN, federal locators, release-record sources, or commercial search tools. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination's own privacy policy controls. We do not set a government agency's or partner's collection, retention, security, or disclosure practices.

Advertising partners may use their own technology to measure activity across websites and select ads. That processing occurs on their systems and is governed by their notices and available opt-out tools.


Who May Receive Data

We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be handled by:

  • Search partners that process a submitted query
  • Analytics providers that measure site traffic
  • Advertising networks serving or measuring ads
  • Law enforcement or government authorities acting under a valid legal demand

Security Practices

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used to protect information under our control. No internet transmission, connected system, or storage method can be guaranteed breach-proof. Users should avoid sending sensitive personal data that is not needed for a message.


Visitors Under Eighteen

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


Your Privacy Choices

Depending on applicable law and the nature of the data, a user may ask for access to personal information we hold, correction of inaccurate information, deletion, or an opt-out from certain processing. We may need enough information to verify and respond to the request. Rights involving a government record must be directed to the agency that maintains it. Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101–67.3104, governs requests for agency public records, not private-site account or message data.


Changes to This Notice

This notice may be revised as services, laws, or data practices change. A revised version becomes effective when posted here with an updated effective date. Continued use after publication is subject to the current notice.