Information You Enter
Search Terms
When you type a name, county, state, or other search detail into a search box supplied by a third-party provider, that query is sent to the provider that operates the tool. This site does not keep its own log of those search terms.
Messages You Send
If you email us or submit a message through a contact method, we use the information in that message to review and respond to it. We do not share contact messages outside the organization unless a valid legal requirement calls for disclosure.
Information Collected Automatically
Basic technical information may be collected when a page loads, including:
- Your IP address.
- Browser type and browser version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on them.
- The referring website, if one was available.
- Date and time stamps.
Cookies
Cookies and similar tools may be used to understand how visitors use the site and to support analytics or advertising. You can block cookies in your browser settings, although some features or measurements may work differently after cookies are limited.
How Information Is Used
- To keep the site available, stable, and reasonably fast.
- To route search requests to the appropriate partner service.
- To understand which Swain County jail, court, and locator pages visitors use most.
- To identify technical errors, broken links, and performance problems.
- To display advertising that may be based on general visitor interests.
Outside Websites
This site links to sheriff and jail pages, North Carolina court resources, NCDAC offender tools, BOP and ICE locators, VINELink, and third-party search services. After you leave this site, the privacy policy of the destination site controls how your information is handled.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and provide interest-based ads. That tracking happens through the partner's technology, not through a public-records system maintained by this site.
Who May Receive Information
We do not sell personal information. Information may be provided to the following parties when needed for site operations or legal compliance:
- Search partners that process search queries.
- Analytics providers used to measure site traffic.
- Advertising networks that serve or measure ads.
- Law-enforcement agencies, courts, or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Security
We use reasonable security practices for a public information website. No internet-connected service can be promised to be completely secure, so we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, interruption, or data loss will never occur.
Visitors Under 18
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, contact us so the material can be reviewed for deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
- You may ask for a copy of personal information we maintain about you.
- You may ask us to correct information that is inaccurate.
- You may ask for deletion of information we are not required to keep.
- You may opt out of certain processing where the law gives that right.
Changes to This Notice
This privacy notice may be revised from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with the effective version shown by the posted text.