Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location entered in a search tool is sent directly to the outside company that operates that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its result. Van Buren County Criminal History does not keep or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email message may be retained long enough to answer and maintain the related correspondence. It remains within the site's team unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page loads, the site's systems may receive basic technical information about the visit:
- Page-view dates and times
- The referring website, when one is available
- Pages viewed and the time spent on them
- Device type and operating system
- Browser name and version
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a visitor's device. They help measure matters such as popular pages and where visits end. Analytics providers combine that traffic information for reporting. A browser can block cookies, although doing so may change how parts of the website function.
What We Do With This Data
- Finding and resolving performance or technical problems
- Understanding which Van Buren County resource pages visitors use
- Directing a search query to the selected outside provider
- Displaying advertising that may reflect a visitor's interests
- Operating the website and improving load times
No Criminal-Record Data on File
Van Buren County Criminal History does not keep, compile, or sell a database of personal criminal-record information. It publishes general directions to records maintained by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Department, Circuit Court Clerk, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and Tennessee Sex Offender Registry. This private resource is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Visitor information is not assembled into a consumer report or a criminal-history file about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Information submitted there is controlled by the selected provider's privacy policy rather than this policy. Each provider determines how long it keeps data and whether it shares that data. Review those terms before sending a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Van Buren County offices, Tennessee agencies, court resources, legal-aid organizations, or outside search services. Once a visitor follows such a link, the destination's privacy policy applies. Read that policy before providing personal information.
Some advertising companies may follow activity across websites for interest-based advertising. That activity occurs through their systems, not ours.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- Analytics providers that measure use and performance
- Search providers that process a query sent through their tool
- Advertising networks that display ads
- Government or law-enforcement bodies when a valid legal order compels disclosure
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable security practices are used to protect collected data. No internet-connected system is completely secure, however, so the site cannot guarantee that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If such information is identified, it will be deleted.
Your Data Rights
Applicable law may provide rights concerning personal data. Tennessee's Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 10-7-501 through 10-7-518, governs access to qualifying government records and does not turn this private website into a public custodian. Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-6-120 authorizes the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's dissemination of criminal-history information, but it does not govern visitor data held here. Subject to the law that applies, a visitor may:
- Opt out of certain processing where that right applies
- Request deletion of personal data where required
- Ask to correct inaccurate personal information
- Request access to personal information held about that visitor
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised. An updated version will be posted here with a new effective date, and the posted version will control future use.
Effective date: August 8, 2026