Website policy
Privacy policy
Effective date:
Peters & Roberge, P.A. respects the privacy of visitors to this website. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through this website.
Information you submit
When you use our contact form, we collect the information you choose to provide, including your first and last name, email address, telephone number, and a brief description of your legal matter.
You are not required to use the contact form. You may contact our office by telephone instead.
Attorney-client relationship and confidential information
Submitting information through this website does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is formed only through a written engagement agreement signed by the firm and the client.
Please do not use the contact form to submit confidential, highly sensitive, or time-critical information. Information submitted through the website will be handled in accordance with applicable law and the firm’s professional obligations, but the firm cannot agree to represent you until it has reviewed the matter, completed any necessary conflict check, and confirmed the engagement in writing.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the website, our hosting provider may automatically process limited technical information needed to deliver, secure, and maintain the website. This information may include your Internet Protocol address, browser and device information, requested pages, referring page, and the date and time of a request.
The website also temporarily uses the Internet Protocol address associated with a contact-form submission to limit repeated submissions and protect the form against spam and misuse.
Cookies and tracking technologies
The website does not set cookies for ordinary visitors and does not use cookies for analytics, advertising, personalization, or cross-site tracking.
Certain development tools provided by our website host may recognize a cookie if an authorized site administrator has separately enabled those tools. Peters & Roberge, P.A. does not use that functionality to track ordinary visitors.
We may revise this section if we later add analytics, spam-prevention tools, embedded content, or other features that use cookies or similar technologies.
How we use information
We may use information collected through the website to:
- Review and respond to inquiries;
- Determine whether the firm may be able to assist;
- Conduct conflict checks;
- Communicate with the person making an inquiry;
- Protect the website and contact form against spam and misuse;
- Maintain appropriate business and legal records; and
- Comply with applicable legal and professional obligations.
We do not use contact-form information for behavioral advertising.
How information may be disclosed
We may provide information to service providers that help us operate the website and deliver contact-form messages, including our website-hosting and email-service providers. These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services to us.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, a court order, or the firm’s professional obligations; to protect the rights or safety of the firm or others; or to investigate fraud, abuse, or security threats.
Sale of personal information
Peters & Roberge, P.A. does not sell personal information submitted through this website. We do not share such information for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising.
Data retention
We retain information submitted through the website only for as long as reasonably necessary to review and respond to the inquiry, perform conflict checks, maintain appropriate business and legal records, and comply with our legal and professional obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the inquiry and whether an attorney-client relationship is established. When information is no longer reasonably needed, we take appropriate steps to delete or securely dispose of it.
Information security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information we maintain. Nevertheless, no website, internet transmission, email system, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, financial account information, medical records, passwords, or other highly sensitive information through the contact form.
Your choices and requests
You may contact us to ask about personal information you submitted through the website or to request that inaccurate information be corrected. You may also request deletion of information you submitted. We may retain information when reasonably necessary to comply with legal, ethical, professional, conflict-checking, or recordkeeping obligations.
External websites
This website contains links to external websites and services, including the Clio client portal. This Privacy Policy applies only to this website. External services maintain their own privacy policies and practices, and we encourage you to review them before providing information.
Children’s privacy
This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children through the website.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, service providers, or information practices change. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Contact us
Questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Peters & Roberge, P.A.937 Main Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 784-1446
