Information You Provide
Search Entries
When you type a name, location, or similar term into a partner search tool, that query is sent to the outside provider operating the tool. This site does not keep a separate log of those search terms on its own systems.
Messages
If you email us or send a message, we use the information you provide to review and respond to that message. We do not share those messages outside our organization unless a valid legal requirement applies.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site may receive basic technical information when a page loads.
- Internet protocol address.
- Browser name and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages viewed and approximate time spent on pages.
- Referring website, when one is available.
- Date and time stamps.
Cookies
Cookies and similar tools may be used to understand how visitors move through the site and to support advertising or analytics. You can block cookies in your browser settings, although some features may work differently after blocking them.
How Information Is Used
- To keep pages available, functional, and reasonably fast.
- To send search requests to the partner service chosen by the visitor.
- To understand which Wetzel County inmate-record pages are useful.
- To locate errors, broken links, and other technical problems.
- To display advertising that may be relevant to visitors.
Outside Websites
This site links to WVDCR locator pages, Wetzel County offices, West Virginia court resources, VINELink, BOP, ICE, and third-party search tools. Once you leave this site, the privacy policy of that outside service controls how your information is handled.
Advertising partners may use their own systems to measure activity across different websites and provide interest-based ads.
Who May Receive Information
We do not sell personal data. Information may be made available to these limited categories when needed:
- Search partners that process a query you submit.
- Analytics providers that help measure site use.
- Advertising networks that place or measure ads.
- Law enforcement, courts, or government bodies when a valid subpoena, court order, or similar legal process requires disclosure.
Requests for official Wetzel County or WVDCR public records are separate from this privacy notice and are handled by the public body that maintains the record, including under West Virginia FOIA, WV Code 29B-1-3 and 29B-1-4.
Security
We use reasonable security practices for this type of website. No internet-connected site can guarantee that data will be completely secure or immune from every unauthorized access attempt.
Visitors Under 18
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18, and a parent or guardian may contact us to request deletion if a minor submitted information.
Your Choices
- Ask for a copy of personal information we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct information that is wrong.
- Ask us to delete information when deletion is reasonably available.
- Opt out of certain processing where an opt-out right applies.
Policy Changes
This notice may be revised from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with the revised effective version reflected by the page content.