Privacy Policy

Scope of this policy

This policy applies to information collected through this website. It does not govern information the firm receives in the course of an attorney-client relationship or through sources that maintain their own privacy policies.

Using this website does not create an attorney-client relationship. Information sent before the firm agrees to represent you may not be confidential or protected by attorney-client privilege.

Information the website may collect

Information you choose to provide

If you submit a contact or case-review form, call the firm, or otherwise communicate with the firm, the information received may include:

• Your name, email address, telephone number, and preferred contact method.
• A brief description of your question, diagnosis, experience, or potential legal matter.
• Information contained in later messages or other materials you choose to provide.

Please do not send medical records, confidential documents, or highly sensitive personal information until the firm confirms how that information should be provided.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, the site and its service providers may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location, and the date and time of the visit. This information helps deliver, secure, and understand the website.

How information may be used

O’Brien Law Firm may use information collected through the website to:

• Respond to an inquiry and determine which member of the firm should review it.
• Communicate about a potential matter or provide information you request.
• Operate, maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website.
• Understand how visitors use the website and which information is useful.
• Comply with legal obligations, protect rights and safety, and prevent misuse.

When information may be shared

The firm may share information with vendors that provide website hosting, security, form delivery, communications, analytics, or other operational support. Those providers may use information only as permitted by their agreements and applicable law.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law or legal process, protect the rights or safety of the firm or others, investigate misuse, or complete a business reorganization or transfer subject to appropriate protections.

Cookies, embedded content, and outside services

The website and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for security, site operation, user preferences, or performance measurement. Browser settings may allow you to limit or delete cookies, although doing so can affect some website features.

Pages may include videos, maps, social-media links, or other content provided by outside services. Those services may collect information according to their own privacy policies. A link to another website does not mean the firm controls or endorses that website’s privacy practices.

Website analytics and advertising measurement

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website and whether advertising leads to website visits and inquiries. This measurement may include pages viewed, navigation, interactions with contact links, and events indicating that an inquiry form was started or successfully submitted. Advertising links may contain campaign identifiers so we can measure visits and inquiries associated with a particular promotion.

These analytics events are designed to measure website actions rather than the information entered into an inquiry form. We do not intentionally include names, email addresses, telephone numbers, diagnoses, descriptions of legal matters, or form responses in analytics event parameters. Information that you submit to the firm through a form is handled separately as described elsewhere in this policy.

Google's measurement technologies may use cookies or similar identifiers and may receive technical information such as browser and device information, page addresses, referring pages, campaign identifiers, and approximate location. Google processes information according to its applicable terms and privacy policies. To learn more, visit Google's explanation of how it uses information from sites that use its services: how Google uses information from partner sites. You can also review the Google Analytics browser opt-out tool: Google Analytics browser opt-out tool.

You can use browser settings to limit or delete cookies. Declining or blocking measurement may limit our ability to connect a website visit with a later inquiry, but does not prevent you from contacting the firm.

Retention and security

The firm keeps website information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, to comply with law, to resolve disputes, and to protect legal rights. Retention periods vary based on the type of information and why it was received.

The firm and its service providers use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. No website, email, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. A child should not submit personal information through the website. A parent, guardian, or other responsible adult seeking information about harm to a child may contact the firm.

Your choices and privacy requests

You may choose not to submit information through an online form and may contact the firm by telephone instead. You may also ask the firm to review, correct, or delete personal information submitted through the website, subject to legal, ethical, recordkeeping, and security obligations.

Privacy rights differ by jurisdiction. The firm will evaluate a request under the law that applies to it.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as the website, the firm’s practices, or applicable law changes. The revised policy will be posted here with a new “Last updated” date.