Information You Provide
Search Queries
When you type a name, location, or other detail into a search tool, that query may be sent to the third-party provider that powers the tool. This site does not keep its own database of those search terms.
Messages
If you email us or submit a message, the information in that message may be kept long enough to review and reply. It is not shared outside the organization unless a legal requirement calls for it.
Automatic Site Data
Like most websites, this site may collect basic technical details when a page loads. These details help measure traffic, spot errors, and keep the site usable.
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and time spent on pages.
- Referring website, when one is available.
- Date and time stamps.
Cookies
Cookies may be used to understand how visitors move through the site and to support analytics or advertising features. You can block cookies through browser settings, but some tools or measurements may work differently when cookies are disabled.
How Data Is Used
- To keep pages working and loading properly.
- To route search requests to a partner service when a third-party tool is used.
- To understand which Jim Wells County jail, court, and inmate-record pages are useful.
- To find technical errors, broken links, and performance issues.
- To support advertising that may reflect general interests.
Outside Websites
This site links to sheriff pages, jail rosters, Texas public information resources, court portals, TDCJ, BOP, ICE, VINELink, and third-party search providers. Once you leave this site, the privacy notice or policy of that outside website controls its collection and use of your data.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to measure ads or show interest-based advertising across websites. That activity occurs through the partner's tools, not through a government record system run by Jim Wells County.
Who May Receive Data
Personal information is not sold as a user list. It may be received by limited service providers or legal recipients when needed.
- Search partners that process a query you submit.
- Analytics providers that measure site use.
- Advertising networks that support ad delivery and measurement.
- Law enforcement, courts, or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Security Practices
Reasonable security practices are used to protect information handled by this site. No website, email system, analytics tool, or search partner can be promised as fully secure, so no breach-proof guarantee is made.
Users Under 18
This site is intended for adults. It does not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent personal information, contact us so the request can be reviewed for deletion.
Your Data Rights
- Ask for a copy of personal data held by this site.
- Ask that incorrect personal data be corrected.
- Ask that personal data be deleted when deletion is legally and technically available.
- Opt out of certain processing where applicable law gives that right.
Notice Updates
This Privacy Notice may be changed from time to time. When it changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with the current wording in effect.