Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location entered in a search box is transmitted to the outside provider that operates that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. Rockingham County Criminal History does not keep or log those terms on its own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email or other direct message may be retained so the team can respond. It is not voluntarily distributed outside the organization, though disclosure may occur when a valid legal duty requires it.
Data We Gather Automatically
Loading a page can cause the servers to receive routine technical information about the visit:
- Page-view timestamps and time spent on visited pages
- The referring site, when that information is supplied
- Device type and operating system
- Browser name and version
- The device's assigned IP address
- The Rockingham County Criminal History pages requested
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a device. They help measure traffic, popular pages, and points where visits end. Analytics providers may combine that activity into aggregate reports. A browser can reject cookies, although blocking them may change how some functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Routing a query to the selected outside search provider
- Maintaining site availability, speed, and security
- Diagnosing errors and other technical faults
- Measuring which local record pages are useful
- Presenting advertising that may reflect visitor interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
Rockingham County Criminal History does not build, keep, or sell a database of personal criminal records. It explains how to reach the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office, the shared criminal courts, the Virginia Department of State Police, and the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Public Notification Database. The site is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Visitor data is not assembled into a consumer report or a file about another person.
Third-Party Search Partners
Outside companies operate the search boxes. Their privacy policies, not this policy, govern information submitted to those tools. Each provider sets its own retention and disclosure practices. Review those terms before sending a query because this site cannot change them.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to Rockingham County government, the Rockingham Circuit Court, the Sheriff, or the Virginia State Police criminal-history service, as well as legal resources and commercial search services. Once a visitor leaves this site, the destination's privacy rules control. Read them before providing personal details.
Advertising companies may use their own systems to follow activity across websites and select ads. That cross-site tracking does not run on systems controlled by Rockingham County Criminal History.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. Limited information may be available to:
- Analytics providers that measure site use and performance
- Search partners processing a query submitted to their tool
- Advertising networks serving ads on these pages
- A court, law-enforcement body, or government agency acting under a valid legal order
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable security practices are used for collected data. No internet service can guarantee complete protection, so the site cannot promise that unauthorized access or a breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The service is intended for adults and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If such data is identified, a deletion request may be made.
Your Data Rights
Rights can vary with a visitor's location and the law that applies. Virginia's official-record rules include the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code Section 2.2-3700 et seq., while dissemination of Virginia criminal-history information is controlled by Va. Code Section 19.2-389. Those statutes govern government records and authorized criminal-history release, not a promise that this private site holds an official file. Subject to applicable law, a visitor may:
- Request access to personal data held about that visitor
- Ask that inaccurate visitor data be corrected
- Seek deletion where the governing law permits it
- Object to or opt out of certain processing where available
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as site practices or legal requirements change. A replacement becomes the posted policy and carries a new effective date.
Effective date: August 10, 2026