Information You Enter
Search Terms
If you type a name, location, or other lookup detail into a search tool, that query is sent to the third-party provider operating the tool. Mendocino County Inmate Population does not store those search terms on its own servers.
Messages
If you email us or submit a message, we keep the information needed to read, route, and answer it. We do not share those messages outside the organization unless a valid legal requirement, such as a subpoena or court order, requires disclosure.
Technical Data Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site may receive basic technical data when pages load.
- Your IP address.
- Your browser type and version.
- Your device type and operating system.
- The pages viewed and approximate time spent on them.
- The referring website, when your browser sends one.
- Date and time stamps connected to the visit.
Cookies
Cookies and similar tools help measure how visitors move through the site and whether pages are working as expected. You can block cookies in your browser settings, but some features, advertising controls, or analytics functions may behave differently.
How the Information Is Used
- To keep pages available, stable, and reasonably fast.
- To route search requests to the proper partner service.
- To understand which Mendocino jail, court, CDCR, BOP, ICE, or VINELink pages visitors use.
- To detect broken links, errors, and performance problems.
- To support ads that may be tailored to general interests.
Other Websites
This site links to sheriff booking logs, Mendocino County NextRequest, CDCR CIRIS, BOP, ICE ODLS, VINELink, court portals, and third-party search tools. Once you leave this site, the privacy policy of the destination website controls how your information is handled.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites and show interest-based ads. That tracking is handled by those partners, not by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office or any other government office.
Who May Receive Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be available to these categories of recipients when needed for site operation or legal compliance.
- Search partners that process a lookup submitted through their tools.
- Analytics providers that measure traffic and site performance.
- Advertising networks that support ad delivery and reporting.
- Law-enforcement agencies, courts, or government bodies when a valid legal order requires disclosure.
Security
We use ordinary security practices intended to protect information handled by the site. No internet-connected service can be guaranteed breach-proof, and we cannot promise absolute security.
Users Under 18
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If a minor has submitted information, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.
Your Privacy Choices
- Ask for a copy of personal information we maintain about you.
- Ask us to correct information that is inaccurate.
- Ask us to delete information where deletion is legally and technically available.
- Opt out of certain uses, including some advertising or analytics processing where applicable.
Notice Updates
This Privacy Notice may be revised from time to time. Updated terms will be posted on this page with a new effective date or publication date when appropriate.