Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location entered in a search tool is sent directly to the outside company operating that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its result; we do not retain or log those terms on our systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
Messages sent by email may be kept long enough to respond and manage the exchange. They remain within our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Data We Gather Automatically
Page requests can automatically provide routine technical information about a visit:
- 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 that help measure traffic, popular pages, and points where visits end. Analytics providers aggregate that activity. A browser can block cookies, although doing so may change how some functions behave.
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
We do not compile, maintain, or sell a database of personal criminal-record information. Wise County guidance routes readers to WCSO, the shared Wise/Norton courts, the Virginia State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange, and the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Visitor information is not assembled into a record about another person or a consumer report, and this website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Agency disclosure remains governed by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Virginia Code § 2.2-3700 et seq., and criminal-history dissemination limits in Virginia Code § 19.2-389.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy policies, retention schedules, and sharing rules apply to information submitted there, and those choices are beyond our control. Review the provider's terms before running a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to sheriff, court, state-agency, legal-resource, or third-party search websites. Once a visitor leaves this website, the destination's privacy rules govern. Check them before providing personal information.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and select advertisements.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Some information may end up with:
- 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, standard safeguards are used for collected information. No internet system is completely secure, so protection efforts cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If such information is identified, a request can be made for its deletion.
Your Data Rights
Applicable Virginia law, including the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, Virginia Code § 59.1-196 et seq., may provide rights in addition to those listed here. A visitor 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
Revisions to this policy will appear on this page with a new effective date. Visitors should review it periodically for changes in data practices.
Effective date: August 10, 2026