Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search tool is sent directly to the outside provider that operates that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its response. We do not keep a separate log or stored copy of the terms entered in those boxes.
Messages and Contact Submissions
We retain an email or other direct message as needed to answer it. Access stays within our organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal duty.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our servers can receive standard technical details whenever a page loads, including:
- Page-view dates and times
- The referring website, when one is available
- Visited pages and approximate time spent on them
- Browser name and version
- Device category and operating system
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files that help measure how people move through the site, such as which pages draw visits and where sessions end. Analytics providers combine that information into traffic reports. You can refuse cookies through browser controls, though blocking them may change how some functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Route a submitted query to the selected search partner
- Diagnose errors and other technical faults
- Measure which material is useful and where revisions are needed
- Operate the website and improve its speed
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not keep, assemble, or sell a database of personal criminal history. Lancaster County content describes how to reach Lancaster Clerk of Courts, local police agencies, Lancaster County Prison, the Pennsylvania State Police Central Repository, and the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Public Website. Visitor information is not turned into a consumer report or a file about another person, and this website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy terms, retention periods, and disclosure rules govern any data entered there. This policy does not control a partner's systems, so review the applicable provider policy before sending a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Lancaster County offices, Pennsylvania agencies, court portals, legal resources, or third-party tools. Once you leave this website, the destination's own policy controls the visit. Read those terms before providing personal information.
Advertising providers may use their systems to measure activity across websites and select targeted advertising. We do not operate those tracking systems.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- Advertising networks that serve page ads
- Analytics vendors that report traffic and performance
- Search providers that receive a query sent through their tool
- A government or law-enforcement body acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable, commonly used safeguards protect the information in our control. No online transmission or storage system can be guaranteed secure, however, so we cannot promise that a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
This website is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from a person under 18. If we learn that a minor supplied such information, we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Pennsylvania's criminal-history dissemination rule, 18 Pa.C.S. § 9121, limits how the state repository releases covered records but does not create a visitor file on this website. Other applicable privacy and consumer laws may provide additional protections. Subject to legal limits, you may:
- Object to certain processing activities
- Ask that inaccurate data be corrected
- Request deletion of information we hold
- Seek a copy of personal information associated with you
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as practices or legal requirements change. The new text and effective date will appear here, so returning to this page is the best way to review the current version.
Effective date: August 8, 2026