Information You Submit
Words entered into a search box are passed to the third-party search provider that operates that tool. The provider, not this site, processes the query under its own terms. A message sent through a contact channel may include the sender’s name, email address, subject, and any facts placed in the message. Do not send Social Security numbers, account data, medical details, or other sensitive personal information.
Technical Data and Cookies
Web servers and analytics services may automatically receive an Internet Protocol address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location, and visit times. Cookies or similar local storage may remember preferences, measure traffic, prevent abuse, and support advertising. Browser controls can block or remove cookies, although some functions may then work differently.
How Data Is Used
Collected information may be used to deliver pages, answer messages, understand which Hocking County release topics are useful, maintain security, diagnose errors, measure performance, and support site operations. Search terms sent to partners may be used to return matching results under that provider’s policy. Information is not used to create an official custody, court, parole, or corrections record.
Links Beyond This Site
Links can lead to the Hocking County Sheriff, Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, Hocking Common Pleas inquiry, ODRC, VINELink, federal locators, transit providers, and other outside services. Those sites control their own collection, cookies, retention, and security. Following a link leaves this privacy notice, so review the destination’s terms before entering personal data.
When Data May Be Shared
Limited data may be available to service providers that host or protect the site, search partners that process submitted queries, analytics providers, and advertising networks. Information may also be disclosed to law enforcement or another authority when required by a valid legal order, or when reasonably needed to protect rights, users, or system security. Personal data is not promised to remain in one state or one vendor’s system.
Reasonable Security Measures
Administrative and technical safeguards are used on a best-effort basis. No website, transmission method, or storage system can promise perfect security. Visitors should avoid placing sensitive information in free-text messages or third-party searches and should use official agency channels when a protected record is involved.
Users Under Eighteen
This site is intended for adults and is not designed for children or teens under eighteen. It does not knowingly seek personal data from minors. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may use the Contacts page to request review.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law, a person may ask what personal data the site controls, request correction or deletion, or object to certain processing. Browser settings can manage cookies, and messages can request that direct contact data be removed. These rights do not control records held by Hocking County, SEORJ, courts, ODRC, VINELink, or a search partner. Requests about those records must go to the relevant holder.
Changes to This Notice
This privacy notice may change as services, vendors, or legal duties evolve. Revised wording takes effect when posted. Continued use after an update means the current notice governs that visit.