Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A query entered in a search box is sent to the outside company that supplies that tool. The provider processes the entry and supplies its own results. We do not keep or record the search terms on our systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
When you email us, we may retain the message and its contact details long enough to respond and maintain related records. We do not disclose the message outside our organization unless a valid legal duty requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Ordinary server and analytics logs may receive technical details when a page loads, including:
- The date and time of the page request
- The requested pages and the time spent on them
- Device type, operating system, browser name, and browser version
- The device's assigned IP address
- A referring website, when one supplied the visit
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files that help measure traffic, page use, and where visits end. Analytics providers may combine those measurements into reports about site performance. Browser controls can limit or reject cookies, though disabling them may change how some features work.
What We Do With This Data
- Route a search request to the provider selected by the visitor
- Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the website
- Measure which pages are useful and diagnose technical faults
- Display advertising that may reflect a visitor's interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
Grundy County Criminal History does not build, keep, or sell a database of personal criminal records. Its content explains how official files may be requested from the Grundy County Sheriff's Office, the Circuit Court Clerk, Tennessee Open Records Information Services, and the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry. Visitor information is not turned into a third-party criminal record or consumer report. This website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Independent companies supply the search boxes shown on parts of the site. Information entered there is handled under the provider's privacy policy, retention rules, and disclosure practices. We do not control those terms. Review the applicable provider policy before sending a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Grundy County offices, Tennessee agencies, court systems, legal resources, advertising services, or outside search providers. Once a visitor leaves this website, the destination's policy governs the visit and any information submitted there.
Advertising services may use their own technology to measure activity across websites and select ads. Their systems, not ours, control that tracking.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be received by:
- Analytics vendors that measure traffic and performance
- Outside search providers that process a submitted query
- Advertising networks that place or measure ads
- A court, government body, or law-enforcement agency acting under valid legal process
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used for information under our control. No internet service or storage method is completely secure, so we cannot promise that unauthorized access, loss, or disclosure will never occur.
Users Under 18
This website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal data from a person under 18. If we learn that such information was received, we will take reasonable steps to remove it.
Your Data Rights
Rights can depend on residence and the law that applies. Tennessee's public-record framework appears in the Tennessee Public Records Act, T.C.A. §§10-7-501 through 10-7-506, while T.C.A. §38-6-120 governs the state's public criminal-history program. Those laws concern official government records and do not turn this private site into a public custodian. When applicable to data we control, a visitor may:
- Request access to personal information associated with the visitor
- Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
- Request deletion where retention is not legally required
- Object to or opt out of certain processing when the law provides that choice
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as practices, services, or legal duties change. A revised version becomes effective when posted here with its new date.
Effective date: August 8, 2026