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Privacy Notice

This notice describes the information collected when you use Rapides Parish Recent Arrests, why it is used, and when it may be shared. It also explains the role of search partners, advertising, cookies, and outside government links. By continuing to use the site, you accept these practices.

Information You Submit

Terms Entered in Search

A name, location, or other term entered in a search box is sent to the independent provider that operates that tool. This site does not store or log those search terms on its own systems. The provider’s privacy rules govern its handling of the query.

Messages Sent to Us

If you send an email or contact-form message, we keep the information needed to read and answer it. We do not share that correspondence outside the organization unless disclosure is required by law.

Technical Data Collected Automatically

Routine server and analytics records may collect the following details when a page loads:

  • Your Internet Protocol address.
  • Your browser name and version.
  • Your device class and operating system.
  • The pages viewed and time spent on them.
  • The referring website, when available.
  • The date and time of the request.

Cookies and Similar Storage

Cookies help measure how visitors use the site and support some functions. You may block or remove cookies through your browser. Parts of the site may work differently when cookies are disabled.

How Information Is Used

  • Operate the site and maintain reasonable performance.
  • Send a search request to the selected partner service.
  • Understand which Rapides Parish pages visitors find useful.
  • Detect errors and repair technical problems.
  • Present advertising that may reflect visitor interests.

Privacy Beyond This Site

Links may lead to the RPSO/LAVNS roster, the sheriff’s booking features, Louisiana DPS&C, courts, federal locators, other government portals, and independent search tools. Louisiana public-record access at government custodians is governed in part by R.S. 44:1 and related law, not by this notice. Once you leave this site, the destination’s privacy policy controls.

Advertising partners may use their own systems to follow activity across websites and select ads. That tracking occurs under the partner’s technology and policy.

Parties That May Receive Data

We do not sell personal information. Data may be handled by limited service categories needed to operate the site:

  • Search partners that process submitted queries.
  • Analytics providers that measure site use.
  • Advertising networks that deliver advertisements.
  • Law-enforcement agencies or other government bodies responding to a valid legal order.

Safeguards and Their Limits

We use standard, reasonable practices intended to protect information. No internet service, storage system, or data transmission is fully secure. We cannot promise that a breach or unauthorized access will never occur.

Visitors Under Eighteen

The 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 use the Get in Touch page to request deletion.

Your Privacy Choices

  • Ask for a copy of personal data we hold about you.
  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
  • Ask that eligible data be erased.
  • Opt out of certain processing where that right applies.

Changes to This Notice

We may revise this Privacy Notice as site practices or legal duties change. An updated version takes effect when it is posted here with a new effective date.