Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search box is sent directly to the outside company operating that tool. The provider handles the query and supplies its response. We do not keep or log those search terms on our system.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email may be retained long enough to answer it and maintain the related correspondence. It remains within our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our servers receive routine technical details when a page loads:
- Page-view dates and times
- Visited pages and time spent on them
- Device type and operating system
- Browser name and version
- The referring website, when available
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files that help measure traffic, popular pages, and how visits end. Analytics providers combine that usage data for us. A browser can block cookies, though disabling them may change how some features behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Delivering a search query to the selected outside provider
- Maintaining site availability and speed
- Finding and correcting technical problems
- Measuring which resources visitors use
- Displaying advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not compile, maintain, or sell a database of personal criminal records. The published material explains how to approach Geneva County courts, local law enforcement, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and the ALEA Sex Offender Registry. Alabama keeps statewide crime and offender system data privileged under Ala. Code §41-9-621, while a person has a separate official review right under §41-9-643. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor data is not assembled into a consumer report or a record about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies power the search boxes. Their privacy policies, rather than this policy, govern submitted queries. Each provider controls its own retention and disclosure practices, so review those terms before entering information.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Geneva County offices, Alabama court and agency portals, legal resources, or outside search services. Once a visitor leaves this website, the destination's privacy terms control. Read them before providing personal details.
Advertising companies may measure activity across multiple sites to select ads. That processing occurs through their systems.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- Analytics providers measuring use and performance
- Advertising networks serving page ads
- Search partners processing a submitted query
- A government or law enforcement body acting under a valid legal demand
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable security practices protect collected information. No internet service can guarantee perfect security, however, and we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If such data is identified, a deletion request may be submitted.
Your Data Rights
Rights vary by residence and applicable law. Alabama's Open Records Act governs public writings held by government offices, while Ala. Code §41-9-643 provides a separate right to review and challenge your own official criminal history. Those laws do not convert this private website into a government record custodian. Subject to applicable law, you may:
- Request access to personal data we retain about you
- Ask that inaccurate personal data be corrected
- Seek deletion where the law permits it
- Object to certain processing when that right applies
Updates to This Policy
This policy may change. A revised version will appear here with a new effective date, so return to this page to review current practices.
Effective date: July 15, 2026