Information You Send
Search entries
Type a name or location into a search box and that entry goes straight to the third-party company running the tool. Nothing from those searches is stored or logged on this site's own servers.
Messages
Emails and submitted messages are a different matter. The message itself, along with the return address, may be kept so a reply can go out. None of it gets shared beyond the operating organization. The only exceptions are when law requires disclosure or a valid legal order demands it.
Technical Data and Cookies
Each page load can be logged. Standard web logs and analytics tools pick up basic technical details about the visit. Two things happen with that information. It keeps the pages running as they should. It also shows which parts of the reference people actually find useful.
- IP address or a shortened network identifier.
- Browser name, version, and language settings.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages visited and approximate time spent there.
- Referring page, when a browser provides it.
- Request timestamps and basic error information.
Cookies
Cookies do a few jobs here. They can measure visits, remember a setting, or support advertising and analytics on the site. Every major browser lets you block or delete them. Turn cookies off and some features may behave differently.
How Information Is Used
Information is used for ordinary operation and measurement:
- To keep the pages available and responsive.
- To pass a search request to the provider that supplies the search tool.
- To understand which record topics help visitors.
- To find errors, abuse, and technical faults.
- To show advertising that may relate to broad interests.
Outside Websites
Plenty of destinations sit beyond this site. The pages link to the Livingston County Sheriff, whose current page names Ryan Bohm, the Jail, the county FOIA office, city police departments, Judici, the Illinois DOC, BOP, ICE, state courts, news outlets, and other services. Once a visitor clicks through, their submissions land under that provider's own privacy notice and terms.
Advertising and search partners sometimes track activity across many websites through their own systems. Those systems are outside this site's reach. Their privacy settings sit entirely beyond the control of Livingston County Busted Mugshots.
Who May Receive Data
The operator does not sell personal data. Even so, information can still reach certain parties through ordinary use of the site or in response to a lawful request. Those parties are listed below.
- The search provider that receives a submitted query.
- Analytics vendors that report broad page-use data.
- Advertising networks that serve or measure an ad.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order.
Security Is Limited
The operator relies on reasonable technical and administrative safeguards. Even so, no internet-connected service is perfectly secure. A breach, outage, or unauthorized access can happen. No guarantee says otherwise.
Visitors Under Eighteen
These pages were built for adults. No personal information is knowingly collected from anyone under 18. A parent or young person who thinks something slipped through can use the Contact Us route. From there, they can ask for a review and deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Where applicable law allows, and once identity is reasonably confirmed, a person can ask what information the operator holds. The requests available are listed here.
- A copy of personal data held for that person.
- Correction of inaccurate contact information.
- Deletion of information that is no longer needed.
- Restriction or opt-out of certain processing, including some cookies or advertising.
Send any request through Contact Us. Want a county arrest record corrected? That fix has to come from the agency that created the record, not this private reference.
Changes to This Notice
This notice may be revised whenever the site, its search providers, analytics setup, or legal obligations shift. New wording takes effect the moment it appears on this page. Keep using the site after an update. At that point, the revised practices apply to you.