Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Trapped Into Architecture (“we”, “our”, or “us”), accessible at https://trappedintoarchitecture.com. We are committed to protecting the privacy of architects, interior designers, interns, fresh graduates, architectural studios, and visitors who use our platform to discover or advertise career opportunities.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how it is used, shared, and stored, and your rights concerning your information.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

• Job Postings & Studio Information: When employers or administrators post job vacancies, we collect company names, office locations, position titles, requirements, application emails, phone numbers, portfolio links, and recruitment images/flyers.
• Direct Communications: When you reach out to us via our contact form, email, or WhatsApp, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and message content to assist with your inquiry.
• User Account Details: If you register or log in, we collect your username, email address, profile preferences, and saved jobs.
• Technical & Usage Data: We automatically collect standard internet log data, including IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, pages visited, and referring URLs.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected data strictly for the following purposes:

• To host, publish, and display architectural job vacancies to job seekers across India.
• To allow candidates to connect with hiring firms directly via verified email, phone, or application links.
• To automatically broadcast public job postings to authorized social media channels (e.g., Meta/Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X).
• To operate, maintain, and optimize platform speed, security, and search discoverability.
• To respond to user inquiries, verify job submissions, and prevent spam or fraudulent job listings.

4. Third-Party Services & Social Media Integrations

Trapped Into Architecture integrates with authorized third-party APIs to deliver services and publish job announcements:

• LinkedIn API: Used to share verified architectural job advertisements to our authorized LinkedIn Company Page and community. No private user data is sent to LinkedIn without consent.
• Meta Platforms (Facebook & Instagram Graph APIs): Used to automatically broadcast published job flyers, role summaries, and hashtags to official Trapped Into Architecture pages.
• Twitter / X API: Used to share job alerts and vacancy updates.
• Google Services: We use Google Analytics to monitor aggregated platform traffic and Google for Jobs structured data to make architectural openings discoverable in Google Search.
• Cloud & Database Infrastructure: User data and job listings are stored securely on Supabase and Vercel with encrypted connections.

5. Data Sharing & Public Information

Job postings and firm contact details (such as official application emails and website URLs) submitted for public advertising are publicly accessible to job seekers on our website and indexed by search engines. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third-party data brokers or marketing agencies.

6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use essential cookies and lightweight analytics cookies to maintain your login session, save job bookmarks, and analyze traffic trends. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.

7. Data Security & Retention

We implement industry-standard technical measures (SSL/TLS encryption, secure database policies, and restricted API credentials) to safeguard your data. We retain published job listings for historical directory purposes unless an employer or candidate requests modification or deletion.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction or removal of an outdated job listing or personal contact detail.
• Opt out of job notifications or marketing communications at any time.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your rights, or want to update a job listing, please contact us: