Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search tool is transmitted directly to the outside provider operating that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. Fayette County Criminal History does not retain or log the submitted search terms.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email may be retained as needed to prepare and send a response. Messages are kept within the operating team unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
Routine server logs collect limited technical details whenever a page loads, including:
- 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 those observations into site-use reports. Browser controls can block cookies, although disabling them may change how some features operate.
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
No database of personal criminal-record information is maintained, compiled, or sold here. The published material explains how to reach the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, Circuit Clerk, Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification, and Illinois Sex Offender Registry. This site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor data is not assembled into consumer reports or third-party criminal files.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy terms, retention periods, and sharing rules govern information submitted to those tools. Those practices are outside this site's control, so users should review the provider's policy before searching.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the Fayette County Sheriff, court portals, Illinois agencies, legal-help organizations, or independent search services. Once a visitor follows an external link, the destination's privacy policy applies. Review it before providing personal information.
Advertising providers may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and select relevant ads. That tracking is controlled by those providers.
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 are used for collected data, but no internet-connected system can guarantee absolute protection. Measures are maintained to reduce risk without promising that a breach can never occur.
Users Under 18
The site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A verified report that a minor supplied such data will be addressed by deleting it.
Your Data Rights
Illinois law, including the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, 815 ILCS 505, may provide rights and remedies depending on the facts and where a user lives. Illinois FOIA, 5 ILCS 140, governs requests to public bodies, while criminal-history dissemination by ISP is governed by the Uniform Conviction Information Act, 20 ILCS 2635. With respect to data held by this private site, a user may:
- 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
This policy may be revised as practices change. A replacement version will appear here with an updated effective date, so periodic review is encouraged.
Effective date: July 20, 2026