Effective date: July 12, 2026
Last updated: July 12, 2026
1. Who We Are
Bridge2Aero, Inc. (“Bridge2Aero,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a nonprofit organization that introduces youth and young adults to aerospace and aviation career pathways through hands-on learning, mentorship, simulation, and STEM exploration.
This policy explains what information we collect through our website at bridge2aero.org, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. It applies to this website. It does not apply to third-party websites we link to.
2. Information We Collect
Information you give us directly
- Contact form. Your name, email address, phone number (if provided), and the contents of your message.
- Donations. If you donate, our payment processor collects your name, email, billing address, and payment card details. Bridge2Aero never sees or stores your full card number. Card data goes directly to our payment processor.
- Program participation. If you or your child apply to or enroll in a program, we may collect information such as name, age or grade level, school, guardian contact details, and any accommodations we need to know about. Enrollment happens outside this website; this policy covers the website only.
Information collected automatically
- Standard server log data, including IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, and pages viewed.
- Cookies and similar technologies necessary to operate the site and to process donations.
We do not collect sensitive categories of personal information (such as health, biometric, or financial account data) through this website.
3. How We Use Your Information
- To respond to your inquiries and communicate with you.
- To process and acknowledge donations, and to issue tax receipts.
- To administer programs and communicate with participants and their guardians.
- To keep the site secure, prevent abuse, and diagnose technical problems.
- To meet legal, tax, grant-reporting, and accounting obligations.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We do not use your information for third-party advertising.
4. Children’s Privacy
Bridge2Aero serves youth, including children under 13. We take this seriously.
This website is directed at a general audience — primarily parents, guardians, educators, donors, and partners. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through this website.
Where a program requires information about a minor, we collect it from a parent or legal guardian, with verifiable consent, through our enrollment process — not through this website. Guardians may review the information we hold about their child, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it at any time by contacting us using the details in Section 11.
If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13 without guardian consent, we will delete it promptly.
Where we work with schools or districts, we may also be subject to additional student-privacy obligations, and we handle student records accordingly.
5. Photography and Media
We sometimes photograph or record program activities for educational and promotional purposes. We obtain written guardian consent before capturing or publishing any identifiable image of a minor, and consent can be withdrawn at any time. Contact us and we will remove the material from channels we control.
6. How We Share Information
We share personal information only in these circumstances:
- Service providers. Vendors who operate the site and our programs on our behalf — including our web host, our form-delivery provider, and our donation and payment processors. They may use your information only to perform services for us.
- Legal requirements. When required by law, subpoena, or valid legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, or property of Bridge2Aero, our participants, or the public.
- With your consent. Any other sharing is done only with your permission.
Donations are processed by a third-party payment processor whose handling of your payment information is governed by its own privacy policy.
7. Cookies
We use cookies that are necessary for the site to function and to process donations securely. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies, though some features — including the donation form — may not work correctly if you do.
8. Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, or as long as required by law. Donation records are retained as required for tax and accounting purposes. Contact-form messages are retained only as long as needed to respond and maintain our records.
9. Data Security
This site is served over HTTPS, and we use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to or restrict certain processing, or opt out of communications. To make a request, contact us using the details below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time using the link in the email or by contacting us directly.
11. Contact Us
Questions about this policy, or requests regarding your information (or your child’s information), should go to:
Bridge2Aero, Inc.
Noel A. Brown, CEO — noel@bridge2aero.com · (954) 253-1957
Michaelle Valburn-Pope, COO — mickey.pope@bridge2aero.com · (954) 325-9105
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date above and, where appropriate, notify you directly. Continued use of the site after changes take effect means you accept the revised policy.