Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered into a search tool is transmitted to the outside provider that operates that feature. The provider processes the query and supplies its result. We do not keep or log those search terms on our own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
We retain a message sent to us for the time needed to read and answer it. The message remains within our organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal duty.
Data We Gather Automatically
Our systems may receive routine technical details when a visitor loads a page:
- Page-view dates and times
- The referring site, when one is supplied
- Browser name and version
- Device category and operating system
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a device. We use them with analytics services to understand traffic in aggregate, including which pages are useful and where visits end. A browser can reject cookies, though blocking them may change how some features behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Route a submitted query to the selected search provider
- Maintain availability and reasonable page speed
- Diagnose errors and other technical faults
- Measure which material visitors use
- Display advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not host, assemble, or sell a database of personal criminal records. Our content identifies the official custodians for Green Lake County records, including the Sheriff Records Division, Wisconsin Circuit Court, Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Information Bureau, and Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry. We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Visitor data is not assembled into a consumer report or a record about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy terms, retention periods, and sharing practices apply to data entered into those tools. We do not set those rules. Read the provider's policy before submitting information.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Green Lake County offices, Wisconsin courts and agencies, legal resources, or outside search services. Once a visitor leaves our domain, the destination's policy governs. Review it before providing personal data.
Advertising providers may use their own systems to recognize activity across websites and select ads. Their tracking is controlled by their policies, not this one.
Who Might See Your Data
We do not sell personal data. Limited data may be available to:
- Analytics vendors that measure traffic and performance
- Search providers that receive a query submitted through their tool
- Advertising networks that serve content on our pages
- A government or law-enforcement body acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
We use standard safeguards appropriate to the data in our control. No online service can guarantee perfect security, so we cannot promise that unauthorized access or another breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If we learn that a minor supplied such data, we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Wisconsin Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§19.31-19.39, governs records held by Wisconsin government offices, while Wis. Stat. §165.82 addresses state criminal-history search fees. Those laws do not turn this private website into a government custodian. Subject to applicable law, visitors may:
- Request access to personal data we retain about them
- Ask that inaccurate personal data be corrected
- Object to certain processing where the law permits
- Request deletion when no legal reason requires retention
Updates to This Policy
We may revise this policy as services and practices change. The updated language and effective date will appear here when a revision takes effect.
Effective date: August 11, 2026