Information You Provide
Search Terms
If you enter a name, location, or other detail into a search box supplied by a third-party provider, that query is sent to the provider that operates the tool. Chesterfield County Inmate Population does not store those search terms in its own inmate-record database.
Messages
If you email us or send a contact message, we may keep your name, email address, message content, and related correspondence so we can respond. We do not share those messages outside our organization unless the law requires it.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site may receive basic technical data when a page loads. That can include:
- IP address.
- Browser name and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on them.
- Referring website, when available.
- Date and time stamps.
Cookies
Cookies and similar tools may be used to understand how visitors move through the site, keep pages working, and support analytics or advertising. Your browser can block or delete cookies, although some features may behave differently after you do that.
How We Use Information
- To keep the website available, stable, and reasonably fast.
- To route search requests to the partner service that powers a search box.
- To understand which Chesterfield County jail, court, VADOC, federal, or ICE pages are useful to visitors.
- To diagnose broken links, display problems, and other technical issues.
- To support advertising that may be based on general interests or browsing activity.
Links Away From This Site
Chesterfield County Inmate Population links to sheriff pages, jail resources, Virginia court portals, Virginia FOIA resources, VADOC, Virginia VINE, BOP, ICE, and third-party search services. After you click an outside link, that website's privacy policy and data practices control what happens there.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to recognize activity across multiple sites and show targeted ads. That tracking happens through the partner's tools, not through an official Chesterfield County record system.
Who May Receive Information
We do not sell personal information as a standalone product. Information may be available to these categories of recipients when needed for the site to operate or when legally required:
- Search partners that process queries submitted through their tools.
- Analytics providers that measure site traffic and performance.
- Advertising networks that help fund the site.
- Law-enforcement agencies, courts, regulators, or other government bodies when a valid subpoena, court order, warrant, or similar legal demand requires disclosure.
Security Practices
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards for the information handled through this site. No website, server, email account, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure, so we cannot promise breach-proof protection.
Visitors Under 18
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor submitted information to us, a parent or guardian may ask that it be deleted.
Your Privacy Choices
- You may ask for a copy of personal information we maintain about you.
- You may ask us to correct inaccurate contact information.
- You may request deletion of information we no longer need to keep.
- You may opt out of some processing where the law gives that right or where an advertising or analytics partner offers its own opt-out tool.
Policy Changes
This notice may be updated as the site, search partners, advertising tools, or applicable privacy rules change. Revised terms will be posted on this page with a new effective date or other visible update marker.