Information You Choose to Send
Terms Entered in Search
A name, location, or other detail entered in a search tool is sent to the third-party provider that operates that tool. The provider needs the query to return its results. Greenwood County Released Inmates does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's policy controls how it handles the query after receiving it.
Emails and Site Messages
When you email us or submit a contact message, we retain the message and supplied contact details as needed to read and answer it. We do not share that correspondence outside our organization unless disclosure is required by law. Do not send sensitive custody, medical, account, or identification data that is not needed for the question.
Technical Information Collected Automatically
Routine logs and measurement tools may record technical details when a page loads. This data helps operate the site and understand broad use patterns. It can include:
- The Internet Protocol address used for the visit
- Browser name, type, and version
- Device category and operating system
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent
- The referring website, when one is supplied
- Date and time stamps for requests
Browser Cookies
Cookies and similar tools help measure how visitors use pages and support site functions. Your browser can refuse or remove cookies. Some features, including preference or advertising functions, may behave differently when cookies are blocked.
Reasons We Use Information
Collected information is used only for practical site and service needs. Those uses include:
- Keeping pages available, responsive, and reliable
- Sending a search request to the appropriate partner service
- Learning which Greenwood release-resource pages help visitors
- Finding, diagnosing, and correcting technical problems
- Displaying advertising that may relate to a visitor's interests
Privacy Beyond This Website
Links may lead to Greenwood County release records, sheriff and detention pages, SCDC or SCDPPPS services, court and public-record portals governed by the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, or outside search tools. Once you follow a link, the destination's privacy policy governs its collection and use. We do not control those systems.
Advertising partners may use their own technology to recognize activity across websites and select interest-based ads. That tracking occurs through the partner's systems, not records maintained by Greenwood County Released Inmates. Review the partner's choices and privacy terms before using its service.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Data may still reach a limited set of service providers or authorities when needed for the functions described in this notice:
- Search partners that process a submitted query
- Analytics providers that measure site use
- Advertising networks that deliver and assess ads
- Law-enforcement agencies or government bodies acting under a valid legal order
Our Security Approach
We use standard administrative and technical practices intended to protect information within our control. No website, network, or Internet transmission can be made fully secure. We therefore cannot promise that data will never be lost, accessed without permission, intercepted, or exposed despite reasonable safeguards.
Visitors Younger Than Eighteen
The site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted personal data may use the Contacts page to request review and deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and our ability to verify the request, you may ask us to:
- Provide a copy of personal information we hold about you
- Correct information that is inaccurate
- Erase personal information in our control
- Stop or opt out of certain processing where that choice applies
These requests concern information controlled by this site. Greenwood County, the Detention Center, SCDC, SCDPPPS, courts, search providers, and ad partners maintain their own records and request processes.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this privacy notice as site practices, services, or legal requirements change. The updated text and a new effective date will be posted here. Continued use after publication means the revised notice applies to later activity.