Information You Submit
Search Terms
When you type a name, location, or other search detail into a third-party search tool, that query is sent to the provider operating the tool. Suffolk County Inmate Population does not store those search terms in its own records.
Messages
If you email us or send a contact message, we may keep the information needed to respond. We do not share those messages outside the organization unless a legal requirement applies.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site may receive basic technical information when a page loads.
- Internet Protocol address.
- Browser name and version.
- Device category and operating system.
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on them.
- The referring website, when one is available.
- Date and time stamps connected to visits.
Cookies
Cookies may be used to understand how visitors move through the site and to support advertising or analytics services. You can block cookies in your browser settings, although some features or measurements may work differently when cookies are disabled.
How Information Is Used
- To keep pages available, usable, and reasonably fast.
- To send search requests to the appropriate outside provider.
- To understand which Suffolk County record pages are useful to visitors.
- To identify errors, broken links, and other technical problems.
- To display advertising that may be related to visitor interests.
Outside Websites
This site links to sheriff pages, jail resources, court portals, public-record materials under New York FOIL and the Public Officers Law, and outside search tools. Once you follow an external link, that site's own privacy policy and data practices control.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to recognize activity across different websites for interest-based ads. That tracking happens through their services, not through a separate inmate-record database operated by this site.
Who May Receive Information
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be available to the parties below when needed for the site to function or when the law requires it.
- Search partners that process queries submitted through their tools.
- Analytics providers that help measure site use.
- Advertising networks that serve or measure ads.
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Security
We use reasonable safeguards for a small public website, but no internet-connected service can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot promise that data transmission or storage will be breach-proof.
Visitors Under 18
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.
Your Choices and Rights
- You may ask for a copy of personal information we maintain about you.
- You may request correction of inaccurate information.
- You may ask us to delete information where deletion is legally and technically available.
- You may object to or opt out of certain processing where applicable law provides that right.
Policy Changes
This privacy notice may be revised from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with the new effective version reflected by the posted text.