Information You Submit
Terms Entered in Search Tools
When you enter a name, place, or other query in a search box supplied by a third party, the query goes to that provider for processing. This site does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's privacy notice governs its collection and use.
Messages Sent to Us
If you send an email or a message through a contact form, we keep the information needed to read and answer it. We do not share the message outside the organization unless the law requires disclosure.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site may receive routine technical and usage details when a page loads. That information can include:
- Your Internet Protocol address.
- Your browser name and version.
- Your device type and operating system.
- The pages viewed and time spent on them.
- The referring website, when one is supplied.
- The date and time of the request.
Cookies
Cookies help measure how visitors use the site and support some site functions. You may block or remove cookies through your browser settings. Certain features may then work differently.
Reasons We Use Data
Collected information supports the limited purposes below:
- Operating the site and keeping pages responsive.
- Sending a search request to the selected partner service.
- Understanding which Hale County pages visitors find useful.
- Detecting faults, misuse, and other technical problems.
- Displaying advertising that may reflect visitor interests.
Privacy Beyond This Website
The site links to the Hale County Sheriff's Office, Hale County court resources, ADOC, federal locators, news outlets, and outside search tools. After you follow a link, that destination's own privacy policy controls its practices. We do not control those sites.
Advertising providers may use their systems to recognize activity across more than one website and select interest-based ads. Any such tracking occurs under the provider's policy, not as a Hale County government records process.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Data may be available to these parties when needed for the functions described here:
- Search partners that process a query you submit.
- Analytics providers that measure site use.
- Advertising networks that deliver ads.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order.
Our Security Approach
We use standard, reasonable safeguards intended to protect information. No website, network, or storage system can be guaranteed secure, so we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Visitors Under Age Eighteen
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor sent us information may ask that it be deleted.
Your Data Choices
Subject to applicable law and any limits that apply to a request, you may:
- Ask for a copy of personal data we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate personal information.
- Request deletion of personal data we retain.
- Object to or opt out of certain processing.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this privacy notice as site practices or legal duties change. The updated version takes effect when it is posted here with a new effective date.