Information You Choose to Provide
Terms Entered in a Search
When a visitor enters a name or location in a search tool, those terms are sent to the independent provider operating that tool. Dickinson County Busted Mugshots does not retain or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's privacy rules apply to its handling of the query.
Emails and Other Messages
Information sent by email or through a contact form is kept as needed to review and answer the message. It is not shared outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Information Collected During a Visit
Like most websites, this site may automatically receive basic technical and usage details when a page loads. Those details can include:
- The visitor's Internet Protocol address.
- The browser name and version.
- The type of device and its operating system.
- Pages viewed and the amount of time spent on them.
- The referring website, when one is available.
- The date and time of each request.
How Cookies Work Here
Cookies may help measure how visitors move through the site. A browser can be configured to reject or remove cookies, although blocking them may cause some functions to work differently.
Purposes for Using Information
- Operate the website reliably and maintain reasonable performance.
- Send a search request to the appropriate third-party search service.
- Understand which Dickinson County resource pages visitors find useful.
- Diagnose errors, abuse, and other technical problems.
- Display advertising that may be selected according to a visitor's interests.
Privacy Beyond This Website
This site links to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office roster and records resources, Iowa courts and corrections pages, other government portals, and independent search tools. Once a visitor follows one of those links, the destination's privacy notice controls its collection and use of information.
Some advertising providers may use their own systems to recognize activity across different websites for interest-based advertising. That cross-site processing takes place through the provider, not through a booking-photo database maintained by this site.
Parties That May Receive Information
Dickinson County Busted Mugshots does not sell personal information. Information may nevertheless be handled by limited categories of recipients when necessary:
- Search partners that process queries submitted to their tools.
- Analytics providers that measure site use.
- Advertising networks that deliver or measure advertisements.
- Law-enforcement agencies or other government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Reasonable Security Measures
Standard administrative and technical safeguards are used to protect information under this site's control. No website, network, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure, so this notice does not promise that a breach is impossible.
Visitors Younger Than 18
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted personal information may use the Contact Us page to request its deletion.
Choices Concerning Personal Data
Subject to applicable law and the ability to verify the request, a person may ask to:
- Receive a copy of personal information held about that person.
- Correct personal information that is inaccurate.
- Delete personal information held by this site.
- Opt out of certain processing where that choice is legally available.
These requests concern information controlled by this site. Records held by the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office or another Iowa public body are governed by that agency's duties under Iowa Code chapter 22 and must be addressed to the originating agency.
Changes to This Notice
This privacy notice may be revised as site practices or legal requirements change. An updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.