Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search box is transmitted to the outside company that operates that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its response. We do not keep a separate log or stored copy of those search terms.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email or direct message may be retained as needed to answer it. It remains within the organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page loads, servers can receive routine technical information about that 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 used to understand traffic patterns, including popular pages and exit points. Analytics providers help combine that usage information. A browser can reject cookies, although blocking them 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 host, assemble, or sell a database of personal criminal records. The material here identifies how to reach the DuPage County Sheriff, Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification, and Illinois Sex Offender Registry. This operation is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor information is never turned into a consumer report or a third-party criminal-history file.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy terms, retention periods, and sharing rules govern information submitted to them, and those practices are outside our control. Review the provider's policy before running a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the DuPage County Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Illinois agencies, legal-aid resources, or commercial services. Once a visitor follows an external link, that destination's policy applies. Review it before providing personal information.
Some advertising providers may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and select interest-based advertising.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal information is not sold. Limited data may be available 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, standard safeguards are used for collected information. No internet system can guarantee perfect protection, so a breach-free service cannot be promised.
Users Under 18
The service is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone younger than 18. If such information is identified, a deletion request may be made through the contact route.
Your Data Rights
Rights may vary by residence and applicable law. Illinois public-record access is governed by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, while dissemination of Illinois conviction information follows the Uniform Conviction Information Act, 20 ILCS 2635. Those laws govern government records and do not turn this private site into a public body or repository. Subject to the law that applies, you 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 or legal requirements change. A revised version will be posted here with its new effective date.
Effective date: July 20, 2026