Information You Submit
Terms Entered in Search
A name, place, or other detail entered in a search tool is sent to the independent provider operating that tool. Pinellas County Recent Arrests does not keep or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider's privacy terms apply to its service.
Messages Sent to Us
If you send an email or contact-form message, we retain the information needed to read and answer it. We do not share the message outside our organization unless disclosure is required by law.
Technical Data Collected
Routine server, analytics, and advertising systems may receive technical details when a page loads, including:
- Your internet protocol address.
- Browser name and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and time spent on them.
- The referring website, when available.
- Date and time stamps associated with a visit.
Cookies
Cookies help measure how visitors move through the site and may support advertising features. Most browsers let you reject or remove cookies. Blocking them can cause some functions to work differently.
How Information Is Used
Collected information supports the site's operation and helps us understand whether its Pinellas County record resources work as intended.
- Maintain site performance and availability.
- Send a search request to the selected partner service.
- Measure which pages visitors find useful.
- Diagnose errors, abuse, and technical faults.
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests.
Websites Beyond Our Control
Links may lead to PCSO jail searches, Florida Department of Corrections resources, government records portals, court sites, and independent search services. Once you leave this site, the destination's privacy policy controls its handling of data.
Advertising providers may use their own systems to measure activity across websites and tailor ads. Their tracking does not occur in a database operated by Pinellas County Recent Arrests.
Parties That May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may still be handled by:
- Search partners that process a visitor's query.
- Analytics providers that measure site use.
- Advertising networks that deliver or assess ads.
- Law enforcement or another government body acting under a valid legal order.
Reasonable Security Measures
We use standard safeguards suited to an online information site. No internet service or storage method can be guaranteed breach-proof, so absolute security cannot be promised.
Visitors Under Eighteen
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may contact us to request deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and verification of the request, you may:
- Ask for a copy of personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Ask that eligible personal information be erased.
- Object to or opt out of certain processing where that right applies.
Questions or requests may be submitted through the Contact Us page. This site does not control records held by PCSO or another public agency. Requests for those government records must go to the proper custodian under Florida Chapter 119 and ยง119.07.
Changes to This Notice
We may revise this privacy notice as site practices or legal requirements change. A revised version takes effect when posted here with its new effective date.