Information You Enter
Search Terms
When you type a name, location, or similar search detail into a partner search tool, that query is sent to the third-party provider that operates the tool. Frederick County Inmate Population does not keep its own log of those search terms.
Messages
If you send an email or contact message, we may keep the information you provide long enough to read it, respond, and manage the request. We do not share those messages outside the organization unless a valid legal requirement applies.
Information Collected During Visits
Like most websites, this site may collect technical information when pages load, including:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and time spent on those pages.
- Referring website, if your browser sends one.
- Date and time stamps.
Cookies
Cookies and similar tools may be used to understand how visitors move through the site and to support normal site functions. You can block cookies in your browser settings, although some features or measurement tools may work differently after you do.
How the Information Is Used
- To keep the site available, stable, and reasonably fast.
- To send search requests to the partner service selected by the user.
- To understand which Frederick County jail, court, and locator pages are useful.
- To identify broken pages, errors, and other technical problems.
- To display advertising that may reflect general visitor interests.
Outside Websites and Services
This site links to NRADC, Frederick County Sheriff resources, Virginia court portals, VADOC, VINE/VINELink, BOP, ICE, government FOIA pages, and third-party search tools. After you leave this site, the destination site's own privacy terms control what happens there.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and serve interest-based ads. That tracking is handled on their systems, not as an inmate-record database on this site.
Who May Receive Information
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be available to the following parties when needed for the services described in this notice:
- Search partners that process submitted queries.
- Analytics providers that measure site traffic and performance.
- Advertising networks that place or measure ads.
- Law-enforcement agencies, courts, or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Security
We use ordinary safeguards intended to reduce unauthorized access and misuse. No website, server, email account, or internet-connected system can be promised as fully secure, so this notice does not make a breach-proof guarantee.
Users Under 18
This site is meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, contact us so the information can be reviewed for deletion.
Your Choices and Data Rights
- You may ask for a copy of personal information we hold about you.
- You may ask us to correct information that is inaccurate.
- You may ask us to delete information when deletion is legally and technically available.
- You may opt out of certain processing where applicable law gives that right.
Changes to This Notice
This privacy notice may be updated from time to time. Any revised version will be posted on this page with the updated effective version reflected by the page content.