Information You Submit
Terms Entered in Search
When you enter a name, place, or other term in a search tool, that query passes to the third-party provider that operates the tool. Ramsey County Released Inmates does not keep or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider may process the query under its own privacy terms.
Messages Sent to Us
If you email us or submit a contact message, we retain the information needed to read and answer it. We do not share that correspondence outside our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Basic technical details may be recorded when a page loads. They help measure use, maintain site performance, and diagnose faults. This data may include:
- Your Internet Protocol address.
- Your browser name and version.
- Your device type and operating system.
- The pages viewed and time spent on them.
- The referring website, when one is supplied.
- The date and time of a request.
Cookie Controls
Cookies help us understand how visitors move through the site. You may block or remove cookies through your browser settings, although some site functions may work differently when cookies are disabled.
Reasons We Use Data
Information collected through normal site use serves a limited set of operating purposes. We may use it to:
- Keep pages available and responsive.
- Send a search request to the selected partner service.
- Understand which Ramsey County resources visitors find useful.
- Locate and repair errors or performance problems.
- Display advertising that may reflect a visitor's interests.
Privacy Beyond This Site
Links may lead to Ramsey County release records, Sheriff or corrections pages, Minnesota government portals, and third-party search services. After you follow an outside link, that operator's privacy policy and data practices apply. We do not set those policies.
Advertising partners may use their own technology to recognize activity across different websites and select interest-based ads. Any such processing occurs on the partner's systems, not ours.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Depending on how you use the site, limited information may be handled by:
- Search partners that process a query you submit.
- Analytics providers that measure visits and site performance.
- Advertising networks that deliver or measure ads.
- Law enforcement or another government authority acting under a valid legal order.
Safeguarding Information
We use customary administrative and technical safeguards suited to the information we handle. No website, network, or Internet transmission can be promised to be fully secure, so we cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Visitors Under Eighteen
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor sent personal data may contact us and request its 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.
- Delete personal information held by us.
- Stop certain forms of processing where an opt-out right applies.
These choices concern information held by this private site. Requests for Ramsey County or Minnesota government data are governed separately, including by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Chapter 13, and must go to the government office that maintains the data.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this Privacy Notice as site practices or legal requirements change. An updated version takes effect when it is posted here and will display a new effective date.