Information You Submit
Terms Entered in Search Tools
A name, location, or other term entered into a search box is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. The provider processes the request under its own terms and privacy policy. Meigs County Released Inmates does not retain or log those search terms in its own records.
Messages Sent to Us
If a visitor sends an email or uses an available contact form, we keep the message and return details as needed to read and answer it. We do not share that correspondence outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law or a valid legal process.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Like most websites, the service receives basic technical and usage details when a page loads. These records help deliver pages, measure use, diagnose faults, and protect the service.
- The internet protocol address used for the request
- The browser name and version
- The device type and operating system
- The pages viewed and time spent on them
- The referring page or site, when supplied
- The date and time associated with the visit
Cookies and Similar Storage
Cookies may be used to understand how visitors move through the site and to support site or advertising functions. Browser controls can reject or remove cookies. Blocking them may cause some tools, saved choices, or page features to work in a different way.
How Information Is Used
Collected information is used only for operating, assessing, and supporting the service and its connected tools.
- Keep pages available, stable, and responsive
- Send a search request to the selected partner service
- Measure which Meigs County record resources visitors use
- Detect, investigate, and repair technical problems
- Present advertising that may reflect a visitor's interests
Government and Outside Links
Pages may link to the Meigs County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee correction and parole services, court resources, federal custody systems, public-record portals, and third-party search tools. After a visitor follows one of those links, the destination's own privacy notice and terms control its data practices. This site does not operate those systems.
Tennessee Code ยง10-7-503 governs access to records held by Tennessee government custodians, subject to eligibility rules and exceptions. It does not make this private site's privacy notice the policy of Meigs County or any state agency. Advertising partners may use their own technology to recognize activity across sites and select ads. That processing occurs on the partner's systems under its policy.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be handled by the following types of recipients when needed for their stated function:
- Search partners that receive and process submitted queries
- Analytics providers that help measure site traffic and use
- Advertising networks that deliver and assess advertisements
- Law enforcement or other government authorities responding to a valid court order or other lawful demand
Reasonable Security Measures
We use customary administrative and technical safeguards suited to a public reference site. No website, network, transmission, or storage method is fully secure. For that reason, we cannot promise that information will never be intercepted, lost, altered, or accessed without permission.
Visitors Under Eighteen
This service is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or legal guardian who believes a minor submitted personal information may notify us and request its deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and the limits of what we hold, a person may make the following requests about personal information maintained by this site:
- Ask for a copy of the personal information we retain
- Ask that inaccurate personal details be corrected
- Ask that retained personal information be erased
- Object to or opt out of certain forms of processing where that choice applies
A query handled only by a third-party search provider must be addressed under that provider's policy. We may need enough information to verify the request and locate the relevant record.
Changes to This Notice
This privacy notice may be revised as the service, vendors, or legal duties change. The updated text will be posted on this page, together with a new effective or revision date. Continued use after a revision means the visitor accepts the current version.