How E3 Aviation Association collects, uses, protects, and shares your personal information on E3 SkyPath.
E3 Aviation Association ("we", "us", or "our") is the company behind E3 SkyPath, E3 SkyHub, and E3 SkyShare. This Privacy Policy covers E3 SkyPath — our flight school and aviation maintenance school management platform at app.e3aviationassociation.com — which serves FAA Part 61, 141, and 147 schools and their students, instructors, and administrators.
It explains how we collect, use, protect, and share your personal information when you visit the E3 SkyPath website, register for an account, enroll in a training program, or otherwise interact with the platform. Please read it carefully to understand how your information is handled.
By using E3 SkyPath, you agree to the collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of personal information:
We collect information from you when you:
We use the information we collect to:
E3 Aviation Association operates an SMS text messaging notification service for the E3 SkyPath platform (the "SMS Program").
We use your mobile phone number exclusively to deliver SMS notifications related to your E3 SkyPath account, including lesson schedule confirmations, weather-related schedule disruptions, compliance and certification expiration alerts, billing notifications, training milestone notifications, and emergency communications related to flight operations. The SMS Program is operational and transactional in nature; we do NOT send marketing or promotional SMS messages.
Mobile phone numbers and SMS opt-in consent data are NOT shared with any third party, affiliate, or partner for marketing or promotional purposes. Phone numbers and SMS opt-in information will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties for their own promotional or marketing use under any circumstances.
We share mobile phone numbers only with our SMS delivery service provider (Twilio) solely for the technical purpose of transmitting the SMS messages you have opted in to receive. Twilio is contractually obligated to handle this information in accordance with its own privacy and security obligations and is not permitted to use phone numbers for any other purpose.
Users may opt in to receive SMS messages from E3 SkyPath through any of the following methods. In all cases the SMS consent checkbox is unchecked by default and must be affirmatively checked by the user to opt in.
By opting in through any of these methods, you consent to receive recurring automated text messages from E3 SkyPath. You may opt out at any time by replying STOP to any SMS message, or by updating your notification preferences in your account settings. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. For full SMS Program details, including help and opt-out keywords, see our SMS Policy.
Mobile phone numbers, SMS opt-in timestamps, and SMS delivery logs are retained for as long as your account is active, plus an additional period to comply with applicable record-keeping obligations and to handle disputes or regulatory inquiries. Specifically, SMS delivery logs are retained for seven (7) years to align with our FAA training record retention obligations.
We do NOT sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
Service providers: We share information with trusted third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, including payment processing (Stripe), email delivery (SendGrid), SMS delivery (Twilio), document storage (Cloudflare R2), AI-powered features (Anthropic), customer support tools, analytics providers, and similar operational services. These providers are contractually obligated to handle your information solely for the services they perform for us and in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
Flight school relationship: If you are enrolled as a student at a flight school or aviation maintenance school that uses E3 SkyPath, your training records, lesson history, certifications, and related information are visible to your enrolled school and its authorized personnel (instructors, school administrators) as required to deliver your training. This is essential to the educational relationship.
Legal obligations: We may disclose information when required by law, court order, subpoena, or governmental request (including FAA, TSA, or other regulatory bodies), or to protect our legal rights, prevent fraud, or address security or technical issues.
Business transfers: If E3 Aviation Association is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
With your consent: We may share information with your explicit consent for purposes not described in this policy.
We take the security of your personal information seriously and use industry-standard safeguards, including:
While we work hard to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
Cookies are small files transferred to your device by our website. We use cookies and similar technologies to:
You can configure your browser to warn you when a cookie is being set or to disable cookies entirely. Note that some site features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
We may also use trusted third-party analytics and tracking services (e.g., Google Analytics) that collect aggregate data about site usage on our behalf.
Articles on our sites may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from third parties. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you have visited the third party's website directly. These third parties may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. We do not control these third parties; we recommend reviewing their privacy policies.
We collect your email address to:
To comply with the CAN-SPAM Act, we commit to:
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any marketing email, or by emailing support@e3association.com. Note that unsubscribing from marketing emails does NOT unsubscribe you from transactional emails (account confirmations, order receipts, password resets, etc.) which we must send in order to provide our services.
Our sites may include links to third-party websites. These third parties have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, we will delete it promptly.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at support@e3association.com.
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including:
To exercise these rights, contact us at support@e3association.com with the subject line "California Privacy Rights Request" and we will respond within the time period required by law.
In the event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you via email within seven (7) business days of discovering the breach, in accordance with applicable laws and our Fair Information Practices commitment.
We adhere to the Fair Information Practices Principles, including:
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you through our services or by email. Your continued use of our services after a Privacy Policy update constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:
E3 Aviation Association
Email: support@e3association.com
Website: e3aviationassociation.com
For matters relating to the broader E3 Association LLC parent organization, you may also contact info@e3association.com.
