Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 17, 2026

Peacefield Conflict Resolution LLC, an Illinois limited liability company doing business as Peacefield (“Peacefield,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit peacefieldcr.com (the “Website”), contact us, or inquire about our conflict-resolution services.

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Website and during initial inquiries. Information collected after Peacefield accepts an engagement may also be governed by a mediation agreement, services agreement, ombuds charter, confidentiality agreement, or other engagement-specific terms. If those terms conflict with this Privacy Policy, the engagement-specific terms will control to the extent permitted by law.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

Your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and preferred method of contact.
Your employer, organization, title, or professional affiliation.
The names of parties, counsel, organizations, or other persons connected with a potential engagement.
The type of Peacefield service in which you are interested.
Information you provide about a dispute, negotiation, workplace concern, organizational issue, family matter, or other situation.
Communications you send to us and information supplied when scheduling a meeting or requesting services.
Documents or other materials you choose to provide.

Conflict-related information may be sensitive. Please provide only the information reasonably necessary for us to understand your inquiry. Do not submit Social Security numbers, financial-account numbers, passwords, medical records, trade secrets, or extensive confidential information through a general Website form.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:

Internet Protocol address.
Browser and device type.
Operating system.
Referring and exit pages.
Pages viewed and links selected.
Date, time, and approximate duration of a visit.
General geographic location derived from an Internet Protocol address.
Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.
Website performance, security, and diagnostic information.

2. Cookies and Analytics

The Website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate, secure, and understand use of the Website.
We currently use Google tagging and analytics technology, including Google Analytics or related Google services. These services may collect device, browser, approximate-location, session, and Website-interaction information. Google explains its data practices and visitor controls at https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

Our contact or intake form may be provided through a third-party platform hosted at matter-intake.com. That platform may use additional services, including Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, and Cloudflare Turnstile, to operate the form, analyze interactions, and prevent automated abuse. Information entered into an embedded form is transmitted to and processed through the form provider’s systems.

You may restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect Website functionality. Google also offers a browser-based analytics opt-out tool.

The Website does not currently respond to ordinary “Do Not Track” browser signals because there is no uniform industry standard for those signals. Peacefield does not use Website information for cross-context behavioral advertising. Where applicable law requires recognition of a legally valid opt-out signal, Peacefield will address that requirement consistent with its actual data practices.

3. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

Respond to inquiries and communicate with you.
Determine whether a matter may be suitable for Peacefield’s services.
Conduct conflicts, independence, impartiality, and neutrality checks.
Schedule and administer mediations, facilitated negotiations, assessments, coaching, or ombuds services.
Prepare proposals and engagement documents.
Provide, maintain, secure, and improve the Website and our services.
Understand Website traffic and usage.
Prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, or technical problems.
Maintain appropriate business and professional records.
Comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful process.
Protect the rights, safety, and property of Peacefield, Website visitors, service participants, and others.
Carry out another purpose disclosed when information is collected or authorized by you.

4. Peacefield and Hanson Legal Counsel

Peacefield Conflict Resolution and Hanson Legal Counsel are separate and distinct practices, although Justin Hanson owns and operates both.

An inquiry to Peacefield is not an inquiry to Hanson Legal Counsel, does not request legal representation, and does not create an attorney-client relationship with Justin Hanson or Hanson Legal Counsel.

Peacefield does not disclose detailed inquiry or engagement information to Hanson Legal Counsel merely because the practices have common ownership. Peacefield may, where reasonably necessary, compare or disclose limited identifying information—such as the names of parties, counsel, or organizations—to conduct conflicts, independence, or neutrality checks. Additional information will be shared with Hanson Legal Counsel only at your direction, with appropriate authorization, or when otherwise permitted or required by law.

If you ask Peacefield to refer or introduce you to Hanson Legal Counsel, Peacefield will explain what information would be transferred before doing so. Any possible legal engagement must be considered and accepted separately by Hanson Legal Counsel.

5. When We Disclose Information

Peacefield may disclose personal information to:

Website hosting, maintenance, security, analytics, communications, scheduling, document-management, and intake-form providers.
Accountants, insurers, consultants, and other professional advisers supporting Peacefield.
Other mediation participants, counsel, sponsoring organizations, or service participants when authorized, reasonably necessary to administer an agreed process, or addressed in an applicable services agreement.
Government authorities, courts, or other persons when required by law, subpoena, court order, or lawful process.
Persons reasonably necessary to protect safety, prevent fraud or misuse, enforce agreements, or defend legal rights.
A successor or potential successor in connection with a merger, reorganization, sale, or transfer of some or all of Peacefield’s business or assets, subject to appropriate confidentiality protections.
Other persons at your direction or with your consent.

Peacefield does not sell personal information for money. Peacefield does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. If these practices change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any choices required by law.

6. Mediation and Service Confidentiality

A Website inquiry, intake submission, or preliminary conversation may or may not constitute a protected “mediation communication” under applicable law. You should not assume that information submitted through the Website is protected by attorney-client privilege, mediation privilege, or a contractual duty of confidentiality.

After Peacefield accepts an engagement, confidentiality will be governed by the applicable engagement agreement, mediation agreement, ombuds charter, professional standards, and law. Mediation privileges and confidentiality protections are subject to exceptions and are not absolute.

7. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

Respond to an inquiry or provide requested services.
Conduct and document conflicts or neutrality checks.
Maintain business and professional records.
Comply with legal, tax, insurance, contractual, and professional obligations.
Resolve disputes and protect legal rights.
Maintain Website security and prevent misuse.

Retention periods vary according to the nature and sensitivity of the information and the purpose for which it was collected. We may delete or de-identify information when it is no longer reasonably required.

Peacefield uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and Peacefield cannot guarantee absolute security.

Email and general Website forms are not appropriate for highly sensitive information. Please contact us before transmitting sensitive documents or extensive details so that an appropriate method can be arranged.

9. Your Choices and Privacy Requests

Depending on where you live and subject to applicable exceptions, you may have the right to request that Peacefield:

Confirm whether it maintains personal information about you.
Provide access to that information.
Correct inaccurate information.
Delete certain information.
Restrict or object to certain uses.
Provide a portable copy of certain information.
Identify categories of information collected and categories of recipients.
Honor a withdrawal of consent when processing is based on consent.

To make a request, contact Peacefield using the information below. We may need to verify your identity and authority before acting on a request. Peacefield will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

You may opt out of promotional emails by using the unsubscribe instruction in the message or contacting us. Service-related communications may continue when necessary to respond to an inquiry or administer an engagement.

10. Children’s Privacy

The Website and Peacefield’s services are not directed to children under 13, and Peacefield does not knowingly collect personal information online directly from children under 13. A parent, guardian, attorney, or other authorized adult should contact Peacefield regarding any matter involving a minor.

If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through the Website, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

11. Third-Party Websites

The Website contains links to third-party websites and social-media services. Peacefield does not control and is not responsible for those parties’ privacy, security, or content practices. Visiting a third-party service is subject to that service’s terms and policies.

12. Visitors Outside the United States

Peacefield is based in Illinois, United States. Information submitted through the Website may be processed and stored in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our practices, technology, or legal obligations change. The revised policy will be posted on the Website with a new effective date. When legally required, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before applying a material change.

14. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:
Peacefield Conflict Resolution
15 W. Harris Avenue, Suite 9
La Grange, Illinois 60525
Telephone: 708-822-2200
Email: justin@peacefieldcr.com