Information You Submit
A name, location, or other query entered in a search widget passes to the third-party provider that operates the tool. This site does not store or log those query terms on its own systems. Search-provider terms and privacy rules govern that transfer.
An email or contact message may include a name, return address, and whatever the sender chooses to write. We keep it as needed to answer and manage the exchange. It is not shared beyond the organization unless law requires disclosure.
Automatic Technical Information
A page visit can create routine technical records, including IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, time of access, and general location inferred from an IP address. These details help operate the service, measure use, find faults, and reduce abuse.
Cookies and similar tools may measure how visitors use the pages. Browser controls can reject or remove cookies, although a blocked cookie may change how some features work.
How Information Is Used
Collected data may be used to deliver and improve pages, respond to messages, understand traffic, diagnose errors, maintain security, prevent misuse, and support advertising or search features. It is not used to create official Holmes County arrest, court, or custody records.
Outside Websites and Advertising
Links can lead to the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, Holmes County Jail information, the Clerk, Florida VINE, the Florida Department of Corrections, federal locators, and outside search tools. Once a visitor leaves, the destination’s privacy policy controls its collection and use.
Advertising partners may use their own cookies or identifiers to measure activity across sites and tailor ads. That tracking occurs through their systems, not a Holmes County government database maintained here.
When Data May Be Shared
Personal information is not sold as a contact list. It may be available to service providers needed to run the site, search partners that receive a submitted query, analytics vendors, advertising networks, professional advisers, or law enforcement when a valid legal order requires it. Data may also transfer as part of a sale or reorganization of the site.
Security Is Best Effort
Reasonable technical and organizational safeguards are used. No internet service, transmission, or storage system is fully secure, so this policy cannot promise that a breach or unauthorized access will never occur.
Visitors Under Eighteen
The site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted data may use the Contact page to request review and deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law, a visitor may ask to know, correct, or delete personal information held directly by this site, or object to certain processing. Cookie controls are available through the browser. Requests must include enough detail to locate the relevant message or record, and identity may need to be verified. Rights relating to data held by a search, analytics, or advertising provider must be exercised with that provider.
Policy Revisions
This policy may change as services or legal duties change. A revised version takes effect when posted here with its new effective date.