Information You Submit
Queries Sent to Search Partners
A name or place entered in a search box is sent directly to the third-party company that operates that tool. Shelby County Busted Mugshots does not keep or log those search terms on its own systems. The search provider's privacy rules apply to the query after submission.
Messages Sent to Us
When you email us or use a contact form, we retain the message and contact details needed to answer. We do not share a message outside our organization unless the law requires disclosure.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Standard server, analytics, and advertising systems may receive technical information when a page loads, including:
- Your internet protocol address
- Browser name and version
- Device category and operating system
- Pages viewed and time spent on them
- The referring website, when available
- Date and time stamps
Cookie Controls
Cookies help measure how visitors use the pages and may support advertising features. You may block or remove cookies through browser controls, although parts of the site or partner tools may then work differently.
Reasons We Use Information
Collected information supports specific operating needs. It may be used to:
- Keep pages available and responsive
- Send a query to the selected search partner
- Understand which resources visitors use
- Detect and correct technical faults
- Display advertising based on possible interests
Privacy Beyond This Site
Links may lead to the Shelby County Jail roster, the Sheriff's Department, Indiana Department of Correction resources, government portals, federal locators, news outlets, or private search services. Once you leave, the destination's privacy policy governs its collection and use of information.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites and select interest-based ads. That tracking takes place on the partner's systems, not in a Shelby County government records system.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be handled by:
- Search partners that process submitted queries
- Analytics providers that measure site use
- Advertising networks that deliver ads
- Law enforcement or another government body acting under a valid legal order
Security Has Practical Limits
Reasonable, commonly used safeguards are applied to information under our control. No website, network, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed fully secure, so we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Visitors Must Be Adults
This site is intended for people who are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from a minor. If a person under 18 submitted information, contact us to request its deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and the limits of what we hold, you may:
- Ask for a copy of personal information we maintain
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Ask that eligible information be erased
- Object to or opt out of certain processing
These choices concern information held by this private site. An official Shelby County or Indiana record must be addressed through its government custodian under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, IC 5-14-3, and any other law that governs that record.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this privacy notice as practices or legal duties change. A revised version takes effect when posted here with a new effective date.