Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of International Restoration Institute

International Restoration Institute / iriedu.com

International Restoration Institute operates the www.iriedu.com website, which provides the SERVICE.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the iriedu.com website.

If you choose to use our website/Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Opt-out From / Restrict Cookies & Online Behavioral Advertising

Your web browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies and how to restrict, reject or disable certain cookies (but please note that we do not respond to "Do Not Track" signals from web browsers). Additionally, you may opt-out of data collection from certain companies that we use to collect information from users of our website(s).

We use Google solely to measure purchase conversions on our secure checkout confirmation page (for example, to confirm that an order was completed). Google does not collect or analyze browsing activity across our site, and we do not use Google for site-wide analytics or behavioral advertising. If you have an account with Google, you can manage your advertising settings, otherwise you can manage these settings through your web browser as described above.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information about anyone including children.

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, our server may collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics. We do not use the data for any purpose. It is automatic as a part of server operations.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer's hard drive.

We do not sell your data. Cookies are used for site operation and, where applicable, to measure a completed purchase on our checkout confirmation page. Site traffic and referral analytics are handled through our internal proprietary traffic management systems; this information is used in aggregate to understand and improve our service and is not used for behavioral advertising.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Updates

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

AI & Data Privacy Statement

International Restoration Institute uses DryIQ AI — a private, purpose-built AI model trained specifically for restoration and abatement activities. No public AI endpoints (such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar consumer services) are used to process, store, or transmit student data.

Your Data Is Never Used to Train AI Models

Student coursework, quiz responses, jobsite photos, Hope chat conversations, and personal information are not used for model training, fine-tuning, or improvement under any circumstances.

How Your Data Is Used

Course verification: Quiz answers and exam results are reviewed to verify completion and issue certifications.

AI tutoring support: Hope AI reads your questions in real time to provide tutoring responses. Conversations are retained only for your session history and are not shared, sold, or used for training.

Field tool processing: Photos and documents you submit through AI field tools (Safety Report Generator, Moisture Mapper, Daily Logger) are processed by DryIQ AI to generate your requested output. Original files are not retained beyond the time needed to deliver the result.

Account administration: Name, email, and enrollment data are used solely to manage your student account and course access.

DryIQ AI Infrastructure

DryIQ AI runs on private infrastructure operated by IRI. Your data never leaves the DryIQ technical environment. No third-party AI provider has access to your information.

Final Statement

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.