Information You Submit
A name or location entered into a search widget is transmitted to the independent provider that operates that tool. Wayne County Recent Arrests does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. Review the provider’s notice before submitting a query.
Email and contact-form messages are retained as needed to respond, address a request, and maintain a reasonable record of the exchange. We do not share those messages outside the organization unless the sender asks us to, service delivery requires it, or the law compels disclosure.
Technical Data and Cookies
Ordinary web operation may collect technical details when a page loads, including:
- Internet Protocol address;
- browser name and version;
- device type and operating system;
- pages viewed and time spent;
- the referring site, when available; and
- request dates and timestamps.
Cookies and similar tools may help measure site use and remember basic preferences. Browser controls can block or remove cookies, though some features may then work differently.
How Information Is Used
Collected data may be used to operate and secure the website, route search requests to the selected partner, learn which pages are useful, diagnose technical faults, improve performance, and display advertising that may reflect a visitor’s interests. We do not use site data to create official Wayne County arrest, court, or custody records.
Outside Sites and Advertising
Links may lead to the Wayne County Sheriff roster, Iowa Courts Online, corrections resources, federal locators, government portals, and third-party tools. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination’s own privacy notice and terms govern its collection and use of data.
Advertising partners may use their own technology to measure activity across websites and select ads. That processing occurs on their systems. Review the controls and opt-out choices each provider offers.
Who May Receive Data
Personal information is not sold by Wayne County Recent Arrests. Limited data may be received by:
- search partners that process a submitted query;
- analytics vendors that measure website use;
- advertising networks that deliver or assess ads;
- service providers needed to host or protect the site; and
- law-enforcement or government bodies responding to a valid legal order.
Reasonable Security Measures
We use standard administrative and technical practices intended to protect information. No internet service, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed fully secure or immune from unauthorized access. Users should avoid sending sensitive case, identity, financial, or medical information through a general message.
Visitors Under Eighteen
This site is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under eighteen. A parent or guardian who believes a minor submitted information may use Contact Us to request review and deletion.
Your Privacy Choices
Subject to applicable law and practical identity verification, a person may ask for a copy of personal data we hold, request correction of inaccurate information, seek deletion, or object to certain processing. These rights concern this site’s data only. Requests about an official arrest or court record must go to the government custodian under Iowa law.
Changes to This Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised as practices, providers, or legal duties change. A revised version takes effect when posted here with its new effective date. Continued use after posting is subject to the updated notice.