How we handle information.
Last updated: November 10, 2026.
International Emergency Response and Rescue Technology Alliance (“IERRTA”) is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 39-4409292) operating https://ierrta.org. Responsible person: Qi Chen, Founder. Mailing address: 7011 Morning Sky, Katy, TX 77494-0155, USA. Contact: chenqi@ierrta.org, +1 (346) 876-4124.
What we collect
- Contact and program forms (name, email, organization, message)
- Youth Ambassador details you submit (a parent or guardian must consent for anyone under 18)
- Veteran verification documents you choose to email us (used only to confirm eligibility; deleted after verification)
- Donation, membership and course payments: processed by Stripe on Stripe’s own checkout page. IERRTA receives your name, email, amount, and date, but never your full card number.
- Certificate verification queries
- Basic security logs (IP, timestamp)
How we use it
- Respond to inquiries and deliver programs
- Issue and verify credentials
- Prevent spam and abuse
- Comply with law
Analytics, cookies and embedded content
We use Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which pages are useful. It sets cookies and receives standard browser data (pages viewed, approximate location, device type). We do not use it for advertising. You can opt out with your browser’s privacy settings or the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
Some pages embed videos (YouTube, in privacy-enhanced mode) and maps or data from third parties such as Windy, USGS, NASA, GDACS, and ReliefWeb. Those services may receive your IP address and set their own cookies when the embed loads.
Youth
We do not sell children’s information. Participants under 18 need a parent or guardian’s consent, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 without it. A parent can ask us to review or delete a child’s information at any time. Recommendation letters are issued only after review, on request.
Sharing
We do not sell personal data. We share it only with the service providers that run this site and our programs (web hosting, email, Stripe for payments, Google Analytics) or when required by law.
Your choices
You can ask us to correct or delete information you sent us, or to stop emailing you, by writing to chenqi@ierrta.org.
Contact
Privacy questions: chenqi@ierrta.org. Public nonprofit record: ProPublica.