Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location entered into a search box is sent directly to the outside provider operating that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. St. Tammany Parish Criminal History does not retain or log those search terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email or contact submission may be retained long enough to respond and maintain the related correspondence. It is not shared outside the organization unless disclosure is legally required.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page loads, servers may automatically receive routine technical and usage details:
- Page-view times and the pages visited
- Device type and operating system
- Browser name and version
- Internet Protocol address
- Referring website, when available
- Approximate time spent on a page
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small device files that support traffic measurement and help show which pages visitors use. Analytics services may combine that activity into aggregate reports. Browser controls can block or remove cookies, although doing so may change how some functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Operating, securing, and improving site performance
- Routing a submitted search to the selected partner
- Diagnosing errors and technical problems
- Understanding which resources receive useful traffic
- Displaying advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
St. Tammany Parish Criminal History does not maintain, compile, or sell a database of personal criminal records. Its published material identifies official sources such as the St. Tammany Clerk, sheriff and city custodians, Louisiana State Police BCII, and the Louisiana State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry. Visitor information is not assembled into consumer reports or third-party criminal-history files, and this website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy terms, retention practices, and disclosure rules apply to information submitted through a tool. Review the provider’s policy before entering a query because this policy does not govern the provider’s systems.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to the St. Tammany Sheriff, the clerk in Covington, Louisiana agencies, legal resources, or commercial search services. Once a visitor follows an external link, the destination’s privacy policy governs that visit. Read those terms before providing personal information.
Advertising companies may use their own technology to recognize activity across websites and select ads. Their systems, rather than this website’s records guidance, control that tracking.
Requests for government records are governed separately by the Louisiana Public Records Law, La. R.S. Title 44, Chapter 1, and the custodian’s own privacy and disclosure duties. This private website does not receive or decide a request submitted to the St. Tammany Clerk, sheriff, city police department, or Louisiana State Police BCII.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- A search provider handling a query submitted to its tool
- Analytics providers measuring use and performance
- Advertising networks serving content
- A government or law-enforcement body acting under valid legal process
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable security practices are used to protect collected information. No internet transmission or storage method is completely secure, however, so absolute security and freedom from a breach cannot be guaranteed.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone younger than 18. A report that a minor supplied information will be reviewed so the material can be removed as appropriate.
Your Data Rights
Rights can vary with residence and applicable law. Louisiana’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, La. R.S. 51:1401 et seq., and other applicable privacy or consumer-protection rules may affect a request. Subject to legal exceptions, a visitor may:
- Request access to personal information held about that visitor
- Ask that inaccurate information be corrected
- Request deletion when applicable
- Object to or opt out of certain processing when a law provides that choice
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as practices or legal requirements change. The current version and its effective date will appear here, so visitors should review it periodically.
Effective date: July 26, 2026