Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search tool is sent to the outside provider that operates that tool. The provider handles the query and supplies its results. Hood County Criminal History does not keep or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email may be retained long enough to answer and maintain the related exchange. It remains within the organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal duty.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page loads, the server may receive routine technical and usage details:
- Page-view timestamps
- Device type and operating system
- The referring site, when one is reported
- Browser name and version
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Small cookie files and analytics services help combine visit data, such as which pages receive traffic and where sessions end. Browser controls can reject cookies at any time, although blocking them may change how some functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Route a search request to the selected partner
- Diagnose errors and performance problems
- Operate the site and improve load speed
- Measure which resources visitors use
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
Hood County Criminal History does not maintain, assemble, or sell a database of personal criminal records. Its content identifies request routes at the Hood County Sheriff, the local courts, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Public Sex Offender Registry. The site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and visitor information is not compiled into a consumer report or a file about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. A partner's own privacy policy governs information submitted there, including its retention and sharing choices. Review that policy before sending a query because this policy does not control the partner.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Hood County offices, Texas agencies, courts, legal resources, or outside search services. Once a visitor leaves this domain, the destination's policy applies. Check its terms before providing personal information.
Advertising firms may use their own systems to measure activity across sites and select ads. Their tracking is outside this site's control.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- Analytics providers measuring traffic and performance
- Search partners receiving a query through their tool
- Advertising networks serving content on the pages
- A government body or law-enforcement agency acting under valid legal process
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable, commonly used safeguards protect collected information. No internet system can be guaranteed secure, so the site cannot promise that unauthorized access will never occur.
Users Under 18
The service is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If such information is identified, it will be removed.
Your Data Rights
Rights can depend on the visitor's residence and the law that applies. In Texas, the Texas Public Information Act, Government Code Chapter 552, governs access to information held by public bodies, while Government Code Chapter 411 controls much criminal-history dissemination. Those public-record laws do not turn this private site into a government custodian. Subject to applicable law, a visitor may:
- Request deletion when the law provides that option
- Ask what personal data is held about the visitor
- Seek correction of inaccurate personal information
- Opt out of eligible forms of data processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as practices or legal duties change. A revised version becomes available here with its new effective date.
Effective date: August 9, 2026