Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice describes what Traverse County Released Inmates receives when someone browses, uses a search feature, or sends a message. It also explains why data is used, which service providers may receive it, and the practical limits of online security. Official links lead to the Traverse County Sheriff, Minnesota Department of Corrections, courts, BOP, and ICE, each of which applies its own privacy rules. By continuing to use this site, a visitor accepts the practices stated here.

Information You Submit

Terms Entered in Search Tools

A name, place, or other term entered in a search box is sent to the third-party search provider that operates the tool. Traverse County Released Inmates does not retain or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's policy controls its receipt and handling of the submitted query.

Messages Sent to Us

If you email or submit a contact message, we keep the information needed to read and answer it. A message is not shared outside the organization unless a valid legal requirement calls for disclosure. Do not send sensitive custody, financial, medical, or identity documents through an ordinary message.


Automatic Technical Information

Standard technical information may be recorded when a page loads. It helps operate the site, measure basic use, diagnose faults, and protect the service.

  • The internet protocol address used for the request
  • Browser name and version
  • Device class and operating system
  • Pages viewed and approximate time spent
  • The referring page or site, when supplied
  • Date and time stamps tied to a request

Cookies and Similar Storage

Cookies may help show how visitors move through the site and support analytics or advertising functions. Browser settings can reject or remove cookies. Blocking them may cause some tools or preferences to work differently.


Reasons Data Is Used

Collected information is used for limited operational and service purposes.

  • Keep pages available, stable, and responsive
  • Send submitted searches to the selected partner
  • Measure which content visitors find useful
  • Detect, investigate, and correct technical problems
  • Display advertising that may reflect user interests

Official and Outside Links

Links may lead to the Traverse County Sheriff and Jail, Minnesota court records, MNDOC, VINE or Haven, BOP, ICE, and outside search services. Once a visitor follows a link, that destination's privacy notice and data practices apply. We do not control its forms, logs, cookies, retention, or security.

Advertising partners may use their own technology to measure activity across websites and select interest-based ads. That processing occurs on their systems under their policies, not within the county or state records portals described here.


Parties That May Receive Data

We do not sell personal information. Limited data may pass to service providers that perform a function or to an authority with lawful process.

  • Search partners that process a query
  • Analytics providers that measure site use
  • Advertising networks that deliver or assess ads
  • Law enforcement or government bodies acting under a valid legal order

Security Has Practical Limits

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used to protect information. No website, network, transmission method, or connected storage system can be guaranteed breach-proof. Visitors should avoid submitting confidential records or unnecessary personal details and should use official secure agency channels when available.


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 submitted information may contact us and request deletion of the material we hold.


Your Privacy Choices

Subject to applicable law and a reasonable identity check, a person may ask about personal information held by this site.

  • Request a copy of personal data we retain
  • Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
  • Request deletion where the law permits it
  • Object to or opt out of certain processing

These choices apply to information controlled here. Requests about a sheriff record, court file, MNDOC record, search partner, or federal locator must go to the organization that controls it. Minnesota government data access and classification are governed in part by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Chapter 13.


Changes to This Notice

This Privacy Notice may be revised as services, vendors, or legal duties change. A new version becomes effective when it is posted here with an updated effective date. Continued use after posting is governed by the revised notice.