Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or place entered in a search tool is transmitted directly to the outside company operating that tool. The provider processes the query and supplies its results. Search terms are neither logged nor retained by us.
Messages and Contact Submissions
Email correspondence may be retained to prepare and deliver a response. It remains internal unless disclosure is required by law.
Data We Gather Automatically
Loading a page can cause the servers to receive routine technical information about that visit:
- The IP address assigned to your device
- Which browser you are using and its version
- Your device type and operating system
- The pages you visited and how long you stayed on each
- The site that sent you here, if any
- Timestamps for each page view
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files saved on a visitor's device. Together with analytics services, they help produce aggregate measures such as page traffic and exit patterns. A browser can reject cookies, although blocking them may change how certain site functions behave.
What We Do With This Data
- Keeping the site up, running, and loading quickly
- Sending your search requests to the right partner service
- Figuring out which pages people find useful and which need work
- Tracking down and fixing technical issues
- Showing ads that may line up with your interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We do not maintain, assemble, or sell a database of individual criminal records. Content instead directs readers to Kalawao's acting law-enforcement agencies, the Second Circuit, HCJDC, DCR, and the Hawaii Covered Offender Registry. Visitor data is not turned into a consumer report or added to another person's record. This website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Independent companies supply the search tools. Their privacy terms, retention schedules, and disclosure practices govern information entered there, and those practices are outside our control. Read the applicable provider policy before running a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to acting law-enforcement agencies, court portals, state offices, legal-aid organizations, or external search tools. Once a visitor follows one, the destination's privacy policy applies. Review it before providing personal information.
Advertising providers may use their own systems to observe activity across websites and select interest-based advertisements.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. It may nevertheless be received by these limited categories:
- Search partners that handle queries you run on our site
- Analytics services we use to track traffic and performance
- Ad networks that place ads on our pages
- Law enforcement or government bodies when a valid legal order requires it
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable standard safeguards are used for collected data. No internet-connected system can be guaranteed completely secure, so protection efforts cannot eliminate every risk of unauthorized access.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults, and personal information is not knowingly collected from anyone younger than 18. Information identified as belonging to a minor will be removed when properly brought to our attention.
Your Data Rights
Depending on the information and governing law, rights may be available under Hawaii's Uniform Information Practices Act, HRS chapter 92F, and the consumer-protection provisions of HRS chapter 480. Those rights may include the ability to:
- Ask for a copy of what we have on file about you
- Have us fix information that is wrong
- Request that we erase your data
- Opt out of certain kinds of data processing
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised. Any replacement will be posted here and will carry an updated effective date, so visitors should review it periodically.
Effective date: July 19, 2026