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Privacy Policy

This policy describes the information collected during a visit, the reasons it may be used, and the limited circumstances in which another party may receive it. Continued use of the Waupaca County Criminal History website signals acceptance of these practices.

Data You Give Us Directly

Search Queries

Names or places entered in a search widget are transmitted to the outside company operating that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its result. This website does not keep its own log of those search terms.

Messages and Contact Submissions

An email sent to the operator may be retained long enough to respond and maintain the exchange. It is not shared outside the organization unless disclosure is legally required.

Data We Gather Automatically

Normal server logs may record a device IP address, browser and version, operating system, device category, referring page, pages viewed, visit duration, and timestamps.

Cookies and Analytics

Cookies and analytics services help measure traffic, popular pages, site performance, and navigation patterns. A browser can reject cookies, although blocking them may change how some functions behave.

What We Do With This Data

  • Operate pages and maintain acceptable load times
  • Pass a submitted search to the selected partner service
  • Measure which material readers use
  • Diagnose security, display, and technical faults
  • Support advertising that may reflect broad interests

No Criminal-Record Data on File

The website does not build, host, or sell a database of personal Waupaca County criminal records. It publishes general directions to the Clerk of Circuit Court, Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Information Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry. Visitor information is not assembled into a consumer report, and the operator is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA.

Third-Party Search Partners

Outside companies power the search widgets. A query submitted to one of them is controlled by that company’s privacy policy, retention period, and sharing rules. Review those terms before providing information because this operator cannot alter a partner’s practices.

Links to Other Websites

Links may lead to Waupaca County offices, Wisconsin agencies, courts, legal resources, advertisers, or search providers. The destination’s privacy rules apply after a visitor leaves this website. Advertising services may also use their own systems to measure activity across websites.

Who Might See Your Data

Personal data is not sold. Limited technical or submitted information may be handled by search partners, analytics vendors, advertising networks, or a government authority acting under a valid legal demand.

How We Protect Your Data

Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used for information under the operator’s control. No internet service can promise perfect security, so protection against every breach or interception cannot be guaranteed.

Users Under 18

The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly seek personal information from a person under 18. Information identified as a minor’s data will be removed when the operator becomes aware of it.

Your Data Rights

Wisconsin consumer protections, including Wis. Stat. § 100.18 for deceptive representations, may apply alongside other laws based on a visitor’s residence. Subject to applicable law and proof of identity, a person may ask to inspect data held about them, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, or object to certain processing.

Updates to This Policy

Revisions will appear on this page and take effect as stated in the updated notice. Reviewing the policy periodically is the best way to learn of a change.

Effective date: August 11, 2026