Visitors to www.penobscot-sheriff.net are important to us. Penobscot County Sheriff's Office does not record personal information about you without your permission. Penobscot County Sheriff's Office collects only the information needed to create an efficient electronic gateway for public information.
Penobscot County Sheriff's Office automatically collects some information when you look or search through our web pages. It is collected for statistical purposes only. We use the information to make our site easier to use. We do not use it to identify you personally. The information collected includes the following:
Penobscot County Sheriff's Office does not ever automatically collect information like your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number. Be aware that in order to complete some services you may need to provide personal information. Supplying this information is voluntary. We do not use or place spyware on your computer.
E-mail sent to Penobscot County Sheriff's Office may be stored for a time. This will allow us to respond to the request, forward it to the appropriate agency, or to provide valuable feedback to help improve the website. Please be aware that under Maine law, e-mail addresses are public records and as such are subject to inspection by the public.
Any information you supply during the completion of an online form will be considered voluntary. This information will be treated the same as any provided in person during a visit to the agency. It may be necessary to share this information with another state agency for proper handling.
Penobscot County Sheriff's Office uses cookies for certain types of online services. Cookies are small text files set by a website and stored by your web browser and sent back to the website when you visit again. Cookies also store information provided by you and facilitate complex and customized services. Your browser’s "help" feature will tell you how to disable cookies. Cookies allow you to take advantage of many online services. We advise you to set your web browser to use them.
Cookies allow us to make complex online services easier for you to use. We use them to save you the trouble of retyping information already provided. We also use them to track your progress while a transaction is in process. When used this way, the cookie is deleted when you leave the website.
Cookies also allow us to provide customized services. In these cases, without storing sensitive data, a cookie is permanently stored on your web browser that lets you view web pages customized by you on earlier visits and provide us statistics about repeat visits.
If you find something that is out of date or wrong please contact the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office webmaster. Do not include any sensitive data, such as your personal information, when you contact us to correct data inaccuracies. The secure transfer of this type of information will be arranged later if necessary.
To offer comments about the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office website or this Privacy Statement, please use our Comment Page.
Updated: 2/14/2011