Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 8, 2026
Acadiana Cold Cases respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit acadianacoldcases.com, how information submitted through this website may be handled, and the choices available to you.
Who We Are
The website address is:
Acadiana Cold Cases is an independent website dedicated to documenting, preserving, and sharing information about cold cases in Acadiana.
Information You Submit
You may browse Acadiana Cold Cases without providing personal information.
The website may provide several forms through which visitors can voluntarily submit information, including forms for:
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Submitting a case
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Contributing research or information to an existing case
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Providing updates or corrections to a case profile
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Submitting information or tips that may be relevant to a case
Depending on the form you use, you may be asked to provide information such as your name, email address, case-related information, sources, documents, photographs, records, or other supporting materials.
Unless a form specifically states otherwise, providing your name or email address is optional.
Case Submissions
The Submit a Case form is intended for family members, authorized family representatives, and law enforcement personnel who wish to provide information about a case for consideration by Acadiana Cold Cases.
Information submitted through this form may be reviewed to determine whether the case is appropriate for consideration and inclusion on the website.
Submitting a case does not guarantee that it will be published.
Contributions to Existing Cases
The Contribute to a Case form allows independent researchers, case enthusiasts, and members of the community to submit research, documents, photographs, records, sources, corrections, and other information relating to an existing case profile.
Contributors may submit information anonymously or provide their name.
If a contributor provides their name, they may choose whether their name is displayed publicly as credit for their contribution.
Information submitted through this form may be reviewed for relevance, accuracy, and available supporting sources before it is incorporated into a case profile.
Submitting information does not guarantee that it will be published.
Case Updates
The Case Update form allows visitors to provide information that may update, correct, clarify, or otherwise add to an existing case profile.
Submitted updates may be reviewed before any changes are made to a published case profile.
Submitting an update does not guarantee that the information will be published or that a case profile will be changed.
Tips and Other Information
The website may provide a Submit a Tip form for visitors who wish to provide information that may be relevant to a case.
Acadiana Cold Cases is not a law enforcement agency and does not replace contacting the appropriate law enforcement agency directly.
Information submitted through a tip form may be reviewed and, when appropriate, may be forwarded to law enforcement or another appropriate agency.
Visitors should contact the appropriate law enforcement agency directly when reporting information that requires immediate attention or may relate to an active investigation.
Names and Email Addresses
If you voluntarily provide your name, you may choose whether your name is displayed publicly when the applicable form provides that option.
If you voluntarily provide an email address, it may be used to communicate with you regarding your submission, including to ask questions, request clarification, or obtain additional information.
Email addresses submitted through the website are not intended for public display on case profiles.
Uploaded Files
Some forms on this website allow visitors to upload supporting materials, which may include documents, photographs, records, audio, video, or other files.
Uploaded files are transmitted as part of the form submission and may be attached to the email notification received by Acadiana Cold Cases.
Contact Form 7 temporarily stores uploaded files while processing a submission and removes the temporary uploaded files after the mail-processing procedure. Contact Form 7 — File uploading and attachment
Visitors should avoid submitting unnecessary personal, financial, medical, or other sensitive information about themselves or another person.
How Submitted Information May Be Used
Information submitted through the website may be used to:
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Review and research cases
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Create or update case profiles
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Correct or clarify previously published information
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Preserve documents and other case-related information
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Contact contributors regarding their submissions
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Determine whether information should be referred to an appropriate law enforcement agency or other organization
Information submitted does not necessarily become public. Acadiana Cold Cases may review, edit, decline, or withhold submitted information at its discretion.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website, its hosting provider, security services, or other services used to operate the site.
This information may include an IP address, browser type, device information, referring website, pages visited, and date and time of access.
The specific information collected may vary depending on the website’s hosting provider, theme, plugins, security services, analytics services, and other technologies in use.
Cookies
WordPress and certain plugins or third-party services used by this website may use cookies or similar technologies.
Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function properly. Other cookies may be used by third-party services incorporated into the website.
The specific cookies used by the website may change as features, plugins, or services are added or removed.
Comments
Comments are not enabled on Acadiana Cold Cases pages or posts. Visitors therefore cannot submit comments through the standard WordPress comment system.
Embedded Content
Some pages may contain content embedded from other websites, such as videos, images, articles, maps, or other media.
Embedded content from another website may behave in the same manner as if the visitor had visited that other website directly. Those third-party websites may collect information, use cookies, or monitor interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
Visitors should review the privacy policies of third-party services when interacting with embedded content.
Who We Share Information With
Information submitted through this website may be shared when reasonably necessary to operate the website, review submissions, maintain case information, or respond to matters involving submitted information.
Depending on the circumstances, submitted information may be shared with:
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Appropriate law enforcement agencies
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Authorized family members or family representatives
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Service providers necessary to operate the website
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Website hosting, security, spam-prevention, or email-delivery services
Acadiana Cold Cases does not sell submitted names or email addresses.
Information submitted through the website may be forwarded to law enforcement when the circumstances warrant doing so.
How Long We Retain Information
Information submitted through the website may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to review submissions, maintain case information, communicate with contributors, preserve case records, operate the website, or comply with legal obligations.
Information incorporated into a published case profile may remain available as part of that case’s historical record.
Uploaded files submitted through Contact Form 7 are temporarily processed for delivery with the submission email. Contact Form 7 states that temporary uploaded files are removed after the submission is processed. Contact Form 7 — File uploading and attachment
Your Privacy Choices
If you have submitted personal information through this website and have questions about information associated with your submission, you may contact Acadiana Cold Cases using the contact information provided on the website.
Where applicable, you may request correction or deletion of personal information you have provided.
Please understand that information already incorporated into a published case profile may be subject to additional considerations before it can be removed or changed.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Information submitted through website forms is transmitted to the email address configured to receive those submissions.
The website may also use third-party services for hosting, security, spam prevention, email delivery, analytics, or other website functions. Those services may process technical or submission-related information according to their own privacy policies.
Security
Reasonable measures are used to protect information submitted through the website. However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
For your protection, please do not submit passwords, Social Security numbers, financial account information, or other highly sensitive personal information through the website unless specifically requested and appropriate.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, its forms, features, services, or applicable requirements.
The date shown at the beginning of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was most recently updated.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about information you have submitted through Acadiana Cold Cases, please use the contact information provided on the website.