Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location submitted through a search tool is sent directly to the outside provider that operates that feature. The provider processes the request and supplies its own results. Edgefield County Criminal History does not retain or record those query terms on its systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email or other direct message may be kept long enough to review and answer it. Messages remain within the operating team unless disclosure is required by a valid legal duty.
Data We Gather Automatically
Loading a page can cause the server to receive routine technical details about the visit:
- Page-view times and the pages opened
- Device type and operating system
- Browser name and version
- The device’s assigned IP address
- Visit duration and navigation activity
- A referring website, when one is supplied
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files that can help measure how visitors move through the site, including which pages receive traffic and where a visit ends. Analytics providers may combine that activity into aggregate reports. A browser can be configured to reject cookies, although a blocked cookie may change how some features behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Routing a submitted search to the selected provider
- Maintaining site availability and page performance
- Diagnosing errors and other technical problems
- Measuring which reference pages are useful
- Displaying advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
Edgefield County Criminal History neither hosts nor sells a database of personal criminal records. Its pages identify routes to Sheriff Records, local courts, SLED CATCH, and SORT. Visitor information is not assembled into a file about another person or into a consumer report. The site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Information entered there is governed by that company’s privacy policy, retention rules, and sharing practices rather than this policy. Review the selected provider’s terms before sending a query because this site cannot control the provider’s handling of data.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the Edgefield County government, South Carolina courts, SLED, other official sources, legal organizations, or independent services. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination’s privacy policy controls. Its policy should be reviewed before personal information is provided.
Advertising providers may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites and select targeted advertisements.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be disclosed to:
- The provider selected to process a search query
- Services that measure traffic and technical performance
- Advertising networks serving material on the pages
- A government or law-enforcement body acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable, commonly used safeguards protect information handled by the site. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, so those measures cannot eliminate every risk of unauthorized access or disclosure.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone younger than 18. Information identified as belonging to a minor will be deleted after a valid request.
Your Data Rights
Applicable privacy and consumer-protection law may provide rights concerning personal information. The South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, Title 30, Chapter 4, applies to public bodies and does not make this private site a government records custodian. Requests concerning data held by this site may still ask to:
- Receive a copy of personal information on file
- Correct inaccurate personal information
- Delete information when the law permits
- Decline certain forms of data processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as site practices or legal duties change. A replacement version becomes available here with its current effective date.
Effective date: August 8, 2026