Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search box is sent to the outside provider that operates that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. We do not keep or log those search terms on our own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email sent to us may be retained long enough to answer and maintain the exchange. It remains within the organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal duty.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page loads, the server automatically receives basic technical and usage details:
- Pages viewed, visit length, and page-view times
- Device type and operating system
- Browser name and version
- The device's assigned IP address
- A referring site, when one supplied the visit
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files saved by a browser. They help show which pages draw visits and where users leave. Analytics providers combine this traffic into reports. Browser controls can block cookies, though disabling them may change how parts of the website work.
What We Do With This Data
- Routing a submitted search to the provider that runs it
- Finding and correcting performance or technical faults
- Operating the website and improving load times
- Measuring which pages are useful and which need revision
- Displaying advertising that may reflect user interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
Pemiscot County Criminal History does not maintain, compile, or sell a database of personal criminal records. It publishes general directions to the sheriff, Circuit Court, Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division, and Missouri Sex Offender Registry. Visitor information is not assembled into a third-party record or consumer report, and this website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Information sent through a box is governed by that provider's policy, retention rules, and sharing practices, not this policy. Review those terms before sending a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the sheriff, courts, Missouri agencies, legal-help resources, or outside search services. Once a visitor leaves this website, the destination's privacy rules apply. Read them before providing personal information.
Some advertising providers track activity across websites to select ads. That work occurs on the provider's systems.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance
- Search providers that process a submitted query
- Advertising networks that serve page ads
- A government body or law-enforcement agency acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
Standard safeguards are used for collected data. No internet system is fully secure, so those measures cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. Information identified as belonging to a minor can be requested for deletion.
Your Data Rights
Missouri law may provide rights based on the information and the body that holds it. The Missouri Sunshine Law, Chapter 610, governs public government records, while RSMo 43.540 governs dissemination of state criminal-history information. For information controlled by this private website, a user may:
- Request deletion of data that can lawfully be erased
- Ask for correction of inaccurate personal information
- Ask what personal information is held about them
- Opt out of eligible forms of processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised. An updated version and effective date will appear here when a change takes effect.
Effective date: July 30, 2026