Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location entered in a search box is sent directly to the outside provider that operates the tool. That provider processes the query and supplies its result. We do not keep a separate log of those search terms.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email may be retained long enough to respond and maintain the related correspondence. It remains within the organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
A page request automatically supplies the servers with basic technical details about the visit:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- Which browser you are using and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you visited and how long you stayed on each
- The site that sent you here, if any
- Timestamps for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files used to understand traffic patterns, such as popular pages and common exit points. Analytics providers combine that usage data. A browser can reject cookies, although blocking them may change how some functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site up, running, and loading quickly
- Sending your search requests to the right partner service
- Figuring out which pages people find useful and which need work
- Tracking down and fixing technical issues
- Showing ads that may line up with your interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
This site neither maintains nor sells a database of personal criminal records. It publishes general directions to Essex County police and courts, the Sheriff, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, and the New York State Sex Offender Registry. Visitor information is not assembled into consumer reports or third-party criminal-history files, and this site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Search boxes on this site are powered by outside companies. Anything you enter into those tools is processed under the partner's own privacy policy, not this one. Those partners set their own data-retention and sharing practices, and we do not control them. Review the partner's policy before submitting a search.
Links to Other Websites
Throughout the site we link to sheriff's office pages, court portals, state agency sites, legal aid groups, and third-party search tools. Clicking any of those links takes you off our site. At that point, their privacy policy governs your visit. Read it before sharing any personal details.
Certain advertising partners may track your activity across sites to show targeted ads. That tracking runs on their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be disclosed to:
- Search partners that handle queries you run on our site
- Analytics services we use to track traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place ads on our pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable security practices protect collected data, but no internet-connected system can guarantee absolute safety. Safeguards reduce risk without promising that a breach is impossible.
Users Under 18
This resource is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under eighteen. Notice of a minor's submitted data will prompt a deletion review.
Your Data Rights
Applicable New York law may provide additional rights. Public agency record access follows the New York Freedom of Information Law, Public Officers Law Article 6, while Executive Law §837 governs DCJS criminal-history collection and dissemination. Those government-record laws do not convert this private site's visitor data into an Essex County public record. You may still:
- Ask for a copy of what we have on file about you
- Have us fix information that is wrong
- Request that we erase your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of data processing
Updates to This Policy
A revised privacy policy will replace this version on the same page and show a new effective date. Users should review the current version when they want to confirm present practices.
Effective date: August 1, 2026