Privacy
Thank you for visiting the website for DeKalb County Sheriff (hereinafter referred to as ”Company”) and reviewing our privacy notice. This notice describes how we handle information that is collected from you when you use our website. This privacy notice applies only to Company and does not apply to other collection of information.
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In accordance with the Indiana Fair Information Practice Act, Company only collects the minimum amount of information necessary to serve our visitors.
Analytics
Company uses Google Analytics and other third-party analytics applications to automatically collect the following analytics when you browse our site:
Your Internet Protocol (IP) address and domain name.
The type of browser, device, and operating system used to access the Company web portal.
The date and time you access the Company web portal and the length of your visit.
The pages you visit, including the files you download, and links you click on.
The activities you engage in and services you access including forms, searches, videos, and chatbots.
The address of the referring website, if you were referred to Company from another web site.
Aggregated data related to your demographics and interests.
Company does not associate this data to individual user identities.
User-volunteered information
In addition to the IP address/browser information collected from visitors to the site, personal information is collected and stored only when users provide it voluntarily. For example, if you send us an email, sign up for a subscription or service, complete a transaction, or complete and submit a form, some personal information is collected and stored.
All these activities are purely voluntary. You will always have the option of whether to provide this information using Company site. State agencies must provide paper-based alternatives when requested.
Cookies
When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology in order to improve your experience on our website.
Cookies are small, often encrypted text files captured by your device’s browser upon loading a particular website. Every time you go back to the same website, the browser retrieves and sends this file to the website’s server.
Sensitive personal information is not stored within cookies. You can adjust the settings in your browser to disable cookies.
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All uses of information, whether the information is collected automatically or provided voluntarily, are in accordance with the Indiana Fair Information Practices Act.
Company uses the information automatically collected from your browser to enable the efficient operation of the website, to enhance the ease of use of the website, and to gather statistics on how you use the website.
Company uses any information you voluntarily provide to provide services requested, to respond to inquiries, and improve our services.
Company itself does not use collected information for marketing purposes; however, state agencies using the Company portal for their websites may use information collected on those sites to send direct communications to users who provide contact information.
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Company will only send personal information about you to other government agencies, individuals, or organizations when:
We have your consent to share the information;
Your inquiry relates to another state agency and we need to share information with that agency to fulfill your request;
We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested. For example, without limitation, Company uses a third-party billing organization, and it sends information for billing purposes only;
We need to send the information to organizations who work on behalf of Company to provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these organizations do not have any right to use the personal information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us);
We are authorized to do so by law, subpoena, court order, or legal process; or
We find that your actions on State websites violate the Company Terms of Use Agreement or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
Company will not distribute or sell personal information to third-party organizations unless records are authorized for sale under law.
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When you provide personal information to Company through the site, such information is handled as it would be in an in-person transaction in a government office, and is subject to the laws, regulations, practices, and procedures of the respective agency.
Some governmental agencies may already have, or may acquire, personal information through the normal functions of government. Indiana law governs the use of and access to this information under the Indiana Fair Information Practices Act and the Indiana Access to Public Records Act. If State or Federal law treats information as a disclosable public record, a State agency may choose to make the record available through Company in much the same manner as the agency would make a record available to a member of the public who visits the agency in-person.
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You can request access to your personal information or request that we delete your account by contacting us. Please understand that, although we can delete your account online, the Indiana Archives and Records Act may require us to maintain information about your account for a period of years.
As previously noted in the Cookies section of this Notice, you can adjust the settings in your browser to disable cookies.
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Company is committed to ensuring the integrity of the information and systems it maintains. As such, Company has instituted security measures for all information systems under its control in a best effort to ensure that information will not be lost, misused, or altered.
For site security purposes, and to ensure that our Internet services remain available to all users, Company uses software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise harm the integrity of Company. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to aid in the identification of an individual.
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This Privacy Notice was last revised on 07/11/2024. We may change this Privacy Notice at any time and for any reason. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice each time you visit the web site.
This is a statement of policy and should not be interpreted as a contract of any kind.
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This website may contain links to other web sites. Some of those web sites may be operated by third parties. We provide the links for your convenience, but we do not review, control, or monitor the privacy practices of web sites operated by others.
Once you travel to another site, you are subject to the privacy notice of the new site. Therefore, whenever you leave this web site, we recommend that you review each web site's privacy practices and make your own conclusions regarding the adequacy of these practices.
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Company is committed to the protection of children’s online privacy and complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which governs information gathered online from or about children under the age of 13.
Company is not directed to children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Company does not sell products or services for purchase by children. Company specifically asks children to get a parent’s or guardian’s permission before providing any information online.
In the event children unknowingly provide information through Company, it is only used to enable us to respond to the writer.
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If you have any comments, questions, or concerns or would like to exercise your rights under the Indiana Fair Information Practices Act, please contact us.
Terms of Use Agreement
Welcome. Thank you for visiting the DeKalb County Sheriff site (the "Site"). As is true for many other websites, this site has rules that apply to your use of this Site and any services available through this Site. Those rules, referred to as "terms of use," are set forth in this Terms of Use Agreement. By using this Site, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms of use. Please review them carefully. If you do not agree with any of these terms of use, please do not use this Site.
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The Site is developed and maintained by DeKalb County Sheriff on behalf of the Indiana state agencies, governmental units, and other entities who have been approved by the DeKalb County Sheriff to appear on the Site. Each state agency, governmental unit, or approved entity is responsible for its respective site, public records, information and services provided.
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Company may discontinue, edit, delete or change any aspect of the Site, including, but not limited to: (i) restricting availability times, (ii) restricting compatibility with certain computer software or hardware, (iii) restricting amounts of use permitted, and (iv) restricting, suspending or terminating any user's right to use the Site, at Company's sole discretion and without prior notice or liability.
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You agree that this Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") constitutes the entire agreement between you and Company with respect to your use of the Site, and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and understandings, written or oral, between Company and you with respect to the Site. Company may post certain additional terms or conditions in close proximity to a particular portion of the Site, which shall also apply to your use of that portion of the Site. Company may amend this Agreement at any time from time to time without specific notice to you. The latest Agreement will be posted on the Site, and you should periodically check this Agreement for changes. Your continued use of the Site shall be deemed your acceptance of any such changes.
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DeKalb County Sheriff logo, and other names for DeKalb County Sheriff products and services are trademarks/service marks of the DeKalb County Sheriff. Other product and company names mentioned on the Site may be trademarks/service marks of their respective owners.
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The content organization, graphics, design, compilation and other materials on or related to the Site are protected under applicable copyright, trademark and other proprietary and intellectual property rights. In most cases, the content is owned by the state agency choosing to make its information available through the Site service. The copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any such materials or any part of the Site, except as allowed for in the Limited Right to Use section below, is strictly prohibited. You do not acquire ownership rights to any content, document or other materials viewed through the Site. The posting of information or materials on the Site does not constitute a waiver of any right in such information and materials.
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Except as may otherwise be allowed by law (including but not limited to the Indiana Access to Public Records Law), the viewing, printing, or downloading of any content, graphic, form, or document from the Site grants you only a limited, nonexclusive license for use solely by you for your own personal use, and not for republication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works or other use. No part of any content, graphic, form, or document may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, other than for your personal use (not for resale or redistribution). You must keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Company may revoke this license at any time.
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You are prohibited from using the Portal in any way to do any of the following:
restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site;
post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law;
post or transmit comments containing harassing or offensive language, including sexual references, sexual nicknames, racial slurs or rude or deliberately offensive comments or engage in disruptive activities online, including excessive use of scripts, sound waves, scrolling (repeating the same message over and over), or use viruses, bots, worms, or trojan horses;
access another person's or entity's materials, information, or files without the permission of that person or entity;
post or transmit any information, software or other material which violates or infringes the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder;
post or transmit any information, software, or other material which contains a virus or other harmful component;
post or transmit content that encourages or provides instructional activities about illegal activities, such as hacking;
post, transmit, or in any way exploit any information, software, or other material for advertising or commercial purposes;
solicit other users to join, become members of, or contribute money to any online service or other organization, advocate or attempt to get users to join in legal or illegal schemes or plan or participate in scams involving other users;
impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your professional or other affiliation with any person or entity;
use the Portal to collect personally identifying information about users of the Site in violation of Company's Privacy Policy; or perform any activities that Company determines (in its sole discretion) may be harmful to Company, the Site, or other users of the Site.
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You agree that you will not use the Site or any information or services related thereto for any unlawful purpose. Company at its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether any use violates this provision.
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You understand that Company has no obligation to monitor the Site. However, Company reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in Company's sole and absolute discretion are objectionable or in violation of this Agreement. You acknowledge that Company reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and all information transmitted or received through the Site, for operational and other purposes, subject to Company's Privacy Policy. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used for authorized purposes in accordance with Company's Privacy Policy. Use of the Site constitutes consent to such monitoring.
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Company is pleased to hear from users and welcomes your comments regarding Company's programs and services. If you submit any original creative ideas, suggestions, notes, concepts, or materials to Company ("Submissions"), they shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Company, and shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Trademarks section above. None of the Submissions shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Company, and Company shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submissions. Without limitation of the foregoing, Company shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing worldwide rights to the Submissions of every kind and nature and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the Submissions.
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Company has provided links and pointers to sites maintained by third parties ("Third Party Sites") and may from time to time provide third party items or materials on this Site. Any mention on this Site of products or services provided by third parties is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Company. Company assumes no responsibility for those products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through this Site are solely between you and such third party, and are subject to any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. You agree that use of Third Party Sites is AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND IS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND BY COMPANY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS COMPANY LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD PARTIES OR FOR ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON THIRD PARTY SITES OR ANY OTHER SITE LINKED TO THE SITE.
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You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Company, their affiliates and their respective commissioners, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of or related to (a) any material posted or otherwise provided by you that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property right of any person or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy, (b) any misrepresentation made by you in connection with your use of the Site; (c) any violation by you of this Agreement; and (d) any claims brought by other persons or entities arising from or related to your use of the Site, including information obtained through the Site.
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Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to use services that require submission of personal information and should not submit any personal information to us. This includes submitting personal information to the website as part of a user profile or personalization profile. If you are a child under the age of 13, you can use these services only if used together with your parents or guardians. Seek guidance from your parents or guardians if you are under the age of 13.
If we decide to begin collecting personal information from children under the age of 13, we will notify parents that it is being requested, disclose the reasons for collecting it, and disclose our intended use of it. We will seek verifiable parental consent before collecting any personally identifiable information. If we do collect such information, parents may request information on the type of data being collected, view their child's information, and, if they choose, prohibit us from making further use of their child's information. We will not provide personal information about children to third parties.
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Any intellectual property that appears on this site are the property of their respective owners who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Company.
Company respects the rights of all copyright holders, and therefore, Company has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of users and account holders who infringe the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Company's Copyright Agent the following information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512:
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party;
A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
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Unless otherwise specified, the materials on this Site are presented solely to provide information regarding and to promote products available by Company. This Site is controlled and operated by Company from its offices within DeKalb County. Company makes no representation that materials on this Site are appropriate or available for use outside the United States, State of Indiana, or County. Those who choose to access this Site from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, to the extent that local laws are applicable.
Any software downloadable from this Site is further subject to United States export controls. No software from this Portal may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (A) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods, or (B) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
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This Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in DeKalb County, State of Indiana, United States of America, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana (without regard to conflict of law principles). Any cause of action by you with respect to the Site (and/or any information, products or services related thereto) must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be barred. The language in this Agreement shall be interpreted as to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party. All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought solely in DeKalb County, Indiana. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of said courts and consent to extra-territorial service of process. Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with the applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that anything in or associated with the Site is in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence. Indiana Interactive's delay or failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.