Information You Enter
Search Terms
When you type a name, location, or other lookup detail into a search tool, that query is sent to the third-party provider operating the tool. This site does not keep its own separate log of those search terms.
Messages
If you send an email or contact message, the information you provide may be kept long enough to read, route, and answer it. We do not share those messages outside the organization unless a valid legal requirement applies.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site may receive routine technical details when a page loads.
- Your IP address.
- Browser name and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on them.
- The referring site, when one is passed to us.
- Date and time stamps.
Cookies
Cookies and similar tools may be used to understand site traffic and visitor behavior. You can block cookies through your browser settings, although some features may work differently after blocking them.
How Information Is Used
- To keep the site available, stable, and reasonably fast.
- To send search requests to the partner service selected by the visitor.
- To understand which Columbia County jail, ODOC, BOP, ICE, and VISOR pages are useful.
- To identify technical errors and security problems.
- To display advertising that may be based on visitor interests.
Other Websites
This site links to Columbia County Sheriff's Office pages, jail roster pages, ODOC and VISOR resources, BOP and ICE locators, Oregon court resources, government records pages, and outside search tools. After you leave this site, the privacy policy of the destination site controls.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites for interest-based ads. That tracking happens through their platforms, not through a separate inmate-record database maintained here.
Who May Receive Information
We do not sell personal messages submitted directly to the site. Information may be handled by the following categories of recipients when needed for the site to operate.
- Search partners that process visitor queries.
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and performance.
- Advertising networks that serve or measure ads.
- Law-enforcement agencies, courts, or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Security
We use standard safeguards for a public website, but no internet-connected system can be guaranteed secure. We cannot promise that unauthorized access, data loss, or service disruption will never occur.
Users Under 18
This site is intended for adults. It does not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If a minor submitted personal information, contact us so the request can be reviewed for deletion.
Your Choices and Data Rights
Oregon's Consumer Privacy Act is codified at ORS 646A.570 to 646A.589 and may provide rights for covered personal-data processing. Depending on where you live and which law applies, you may be able to:
- Ask for a copy of information held about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Ask that certain information be deleted.
- Opt out of certain processing where a law gives that right.
Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time. When it changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with the new effective version reflected by the posted text.