Information You Submit
Terms Entered in Search Tools
When you type a name, place, or other term into a search box supplied by an outside provider, the query passes to that provider for processing. Clay County Released Inmates does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's terms and privacy practices apply to the information it receives.
Emails and Other Messages
If you email us or send a message through an available contact channel, we retain the message and the details you provide so we can respond. We do not share the message outside our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Automatic Technical Information
Standard web systems may record limited technical and usage information when a page loads. This information helps operate the site and understand general traffic patterns. It may include:
- Your Internet Protocol address.
- Your browser name and version.
- Your device category and operating system.
- The pages viewed and time spent on them.
- The referring website, when one is supplied.
- The date and time of each request.
Cookies
Cookies and similar browser storage may be used to measure use and support site functions. You can block or remove cookies through your browser controls. Some features may work differently when cookies are disabled.
How Information Is Used
Information collected through the site is used for limited operational and business purposes:
- To keep pages available, responsive, and reliable.
- To send submitted searches to the selected outside search provider.
- To understand which Clay County record and release resources visitors use.
- To identify errors, security issues, and other technical problems.
- To display advertising that may be selected according to user interests.
Services Beyond This Site
Links may lead to WVDCR offender searches, Clay County and court resources, federal locators, release-record sources, and independent search tools. Once you leave this site, the destination's privacy notice and terms control its handling of information. We do not set those policies.
Advertising companies may use their own technology to measure visits across websites and select ads based on inferred interests. Any such tracking occurs through their systems and is governed by their policies.
When Data May Be Shared
We do not sell personal information. Data may nevertheless be provided to a limited set of recipients when needed to deliver or protect the service:
- Search partners that process a query you submit.
- Analytics vendors that measure site performance and use.
- Advertising networks that deliver or assess advertisements.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order.
Reasonable Security Measures
We use customary administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to a public website. No network, storage system, or transmission method can be guaranteed fully secure. We therefore cannot promise that information will never be intercepted, lost, or accessed without permission.
Adults Only
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor submitted personal information, use the Contacts page to request its deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and our ability to verify a request, you may ask us to:
- Provide a copy of personal data we hold about you.
- Correct personal information that is inaccurate.
- Delete personal information in our possession.
- Stop certain uses or processing of your information.
These choices apply to data held by this site. Requests about government records, WVDCR systems, court portals, or outside search services must go to the organization that controls that data.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this privacy notice as the site, its service providers, or legal requirements change. A revised notice becomes effective when posted here and will carry an updated effective date.