Information You Choose to Send
A name, location, or other query entered into a search box is transmitted to the third-party provider that operates that tool. We do not keep or log those search terms on our own systems. The provider's privacy rules apply to its handling of the query.
If you email us or send a contact-form message, we retain the message and the details you supplied long enough to respond and manage the exchange. We do not share that correspondence outside the organization unless disclosure is legally required.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site may receive routine technical details when a page loads. Those details can include:
- Your Internet Protocol address.
- Your browser type and version.
- Your device class and operating system.
- The pages viewed and time spent on them.
- The referring page or site, when provided.
- The date and time of each request.
Cookies help measure how visitors move through the site. You may block cookies in browser settings, although a blocked cookie can change how some features behave.
How We Use Information
Collected data supports a limited set of operating purposes:
- Keeping pages available, responsive, and reliable.
- Sending a search request to the selected partner tool.
- Understanding which Lincoln County guides visitors use.
- Detecting and repairing errors or security problems.
- Displaying advertising that may reflect general interests.
Privacy Beyond This Website
Pages may link to Lincoln County Sheriff's Office resources, destination-jail rosters, Kentucky Court of Justice and Department of Corrections services, federal locators, news sites, and outside search tools. Once you follow a link, the destination's own privacy policy controls its collection and use of data.
Advertising providers may use their systems to recognize activity across different sites and select ads. That cross-site processing occurs under the provider's practices, not as a Lincoln County public-record function.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Depending on the feature used, limited information may be handled by:
- Search partners that process submitted queries.
- Analytics providers that measure site traffic.
- Advertising networks that deliver or assess ads.
- Law-enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid subpoena, court order, or other lawful demand.
Security Has Practical Limits
We use customary safeguards intended to protect information. No website, transmission method, or internet-connected storage system can be promised to be fully secure, and this notice does not make a breach-proof guarantee.
Visitors Younger Than Eighteen
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may contact us and request its deletion.
Your Information Choices
Subject to applicable law and verification, you may ask for:
- A copy of personal data we hold about you.
- Correction of information that is inaccurate.
- Deletion of personal information in our possession.
- An opt-out from certain processing where that right applies.
These choices concern data held by this private site. Requests for Kentucky government records are governed separately, including by the Kentucky Open Records Act in KRS 61.870 through KRS 61.884.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this notice as site practices or legal requirements change. An updated version takes effect when posted here with a revised effective date.