Information You Submit
Queries Sent to Search Providers
A name, place, or other term entered in a search tool is transmitted to the third-party company that operates that tool. Haywood County Recent Arrests does not store or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages Sent to Us
If you send an email or contact-form message, we retain the information needed to answer it. We do not share that correspondence outside our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Standard server, analytics, and advertising systems may record technical details when a page loads, including:
- 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 available.
- The date and time of the request.
Cookies and Similar Tools
Cookies help measure site use and support certain features. You can block or remove them in your browser, although some parts of the site may then work differently.
How Information Is Used
- Operate the site and maintain performance.
- Send a requested search to the appropriate partner.
- Measure which pages readers find useful.
- Diagnose errors and security concerns.
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests.
Other Websites and Advertising
Links may lead to HCSO, the Haywood County Detention Center, North Carolina courts, NCDAC, federal locators, news sources, and outside search services. Once you leave this site, the destination’s privacy notice governs its collection and use of data.
Advertising partners may use their own technology to associate activity across websites and select interest-based ads. That tracking occurs through their systems, not records maintained by this site.
When Data May Be Shared
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be available to:
- Search providers that process a query.
- Services that supply traffic analytics.
- Advertising networks serving site ads.
- Law-enforcement or government authorities acting under a valid legal order.
Our Security Practices
Reasonable, commonly used safeguards are applied to information under our control. No website, network, or online storage system is fully secure, so we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Visitors Under Eighteen
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, contact us through the Get in Touch page to request deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
- Ask for a copy of personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion when applicable.
- Object to or opt out of certain processing where available.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this privacy notice as practices or legal requirements change. A revised version becomes effective when posted here with its updated effective date.