Proof of consent

How a person opts in to Flight Notifier drone launch alerts

Flight Notifier is a service of Sentinel Dynamics, LLC, 1 Overlook Road, Newton, NJ 07860. Sentinel Dynamics is the sender of every text and writes every message from fixed templates. Consent is obtained from the person directly, by the administrator of their own agency, before their number is entered anywhere. No number is collected from a public web form or a purchased list, and no text is sent to obtain consent.

1. The administrator asks the person, using this script

In person or by phone, the agency administrator reads the person the consent script that Flight Notifier shows above its recipient form. It names the sender, describes the messages, and gives the frequency, cost, STOP and HELP instructions and the links to the terms and privacy policy. Texts are optional; the person can choose email alerts instead.

Flight Notifier, a service of Sentinel Dynamics, LLC, can text you an automated alert each time one of Riverside PD's drones launches, with a link to the live video. Message frequency varies with flight activity. Message and data rates may apply. You can reply STOP at any time to opt out and HELP for help. Texts are optional: you can be alerted by email instead. Terms: https://flightnotifier.com/sms-terms/ Privacy: https://flightnotifier.com/privacy/ Do you agree to receive these texts at your mobile number?

2. Only after the person agrees is the number entered

The administrator then enters the person's name and mobile number in the Flight Notifier application and must confirm the consent statement before the form can be submitted. The statement repeats every disclosure from the script and attests that the script was read and the person agreed. This is the application as it runs today:

The Flight Notifier recipient form: the consent script to read to the person, the name / mobile / email fields, and the consent statement naming Flight Notifier (Sentinel Dynamics, LLC) as the sender — The recipient form in the Flight Notifier application. The consent statement reads: "I read this person the script above and they agreed to receive automated drone launch alert text messages and/or emails from Flight Notifier (Sentinel Dynamics, LLC) for the <agency> drone program at the contact details above: one alert per flight with a link to the live video. Message frequency varies with flight activity. Message and data rates may apply. They can reply STOP to opt out and HELP for help. Texts are optional and not a condition of any purchase; email alerts are available instead. Terms: https://flightnotifier.com/sms-terms/ Privacy: https://flightnotifier.com/privacy/"

The statement, the administrator's identity and the timestamp are stored with the recipient record (the Consent column above).

3. The person receives one confirmation text

Flight Notifier sends the new number a single enrollment confirmation. It restates who is sending, what the person agreed to, the frequency and cost disclosures, and the STOP and HELP instructions:

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Flight Notifier · (888) 359-9426

Flight Notifier (Sentinel Dynamics, LLC): you agreed with your Riverside PD administrator to receive drone launch alerts by text. Msg frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.

Sent once per new number · example agency name

4. What the person then receives

Operational alerts only, written by Flight Notifier from fixed templates. Each one identifies Flight Notifier as the sender, names the aircraft and the agency's program as content, gives the time and the link to the agency's live video page, and ends with the opt-out instruction:

Flight Notifier: drone UAS-1 (Riverside PD) launched 2:04 PM. Watch live: https://fh.dji.com/share/Ab3kQ9xZ2mP?zone=vg Reply STOP to opt out

If the agency protects its video page with a password, it is included before the opt-out instruction ("… Password: 482913 Reply STOP to opt out"). Optionally, a second text when the flight ends: Flight Notifier: drone UAS-1 (Riverside PD) landed 2:31 PM. Reply STOP to opt out

5. Opting out and getting help

Reply STOP to any message: the number is removed from every list immediately, across every agency, and receives one confirmation text. The administrator sees the recipient marked "replied STOP" and cannot re-enable it; only the person can, by replying START.
Reply HELP: Flight Notifier (Sentinel Dynamics, LLC): drone launch alerts for your agency's drone program. Help: hello@flightnotifier.com or (973) 862-8899. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.
Administrators can remove a recipient at any time from the same page.

6. Message frequency and cost

Frequency depends on the agency's flight activity, typically 1 to 20 messages per week, with a hard cap of 20 per project per hour enforced by the application. Message and data rates may apply. Flight Notifier does not charge recipients, and consent is not a condition of any purchase or of using the service: email alerts are available to anyone who prefers not to receive texts.

7. What is recorded

For every recipient: the consent statement as shown, the administrator who confirmed it, the date and time, the date and time the confirmation text was sent, and any STOP reply. Delivery results of every text are kept per recipient. Opt-out records are kept so a number that replied STOP is never texted again.

Full program terms: SMS terms · How we handle data: Privacy policy · Sender: Sentinel Dynamics, LLC, 1 Overlook Road, Newton, NJ 07860 · hello@flightnotifier.com · (973) 862-8899