Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://youngarchitect.com. This privacy policy applies to https://youngarchitect.com and all subdomains of youngarchitect.com, including https://academy2.youngarchitect.com.

Young Architect is operated by Young Architect, a company focused on helping ARE candidates pass the Architect Registration Exam through coaching, teaching, mentoring, and educational programs.

For privacy-related questions or concerns, please contact us at: support@youngarchitect.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

We collect information submitted through contact forms including your name, email address, and any message content you provide. We keep contact form submissions indefinitely for customer service purposes and to maintain records of our communications with potential and current students.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

When logged in, we use cookies to track some of your activity on our site including logins, visits, and page views.

We also use cookies and similar tracking technologies for:

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our site.

Data Collected to Manage Your Membership

At checkout, we will collect your name, email address, username, and password. This information is used to setup your account for our site.

At checkout, we may also collect your billing address and phone number. This information is used to confirm your payment method. The billing address and phone number are saved by our site to prepopulate the checkout form for future purchases and so we can get in touch with you if needed to discuss your order.

We collect information about you during the course purchase process via Stripe, as well as information relating to your course progression, quiz performance, and participation in our programs.

We store course progress, including completion status, quiz scores, assignments and/or essay submissions (if applicable).

We will also store comments on courses, lessons, topics, assignments, and essays if you choose to leave them.

We may collect information about your concerns, challenges, and goals related to the ARE exam to better customize our coaching and educational services for you.

Abandoned Cart Recovery

When a user begins membership checkout but does not complete the purchase within a specified time, the cart is considered abandoned.

An email is sent to the user to complete the purchase via a link provided in the email.

The user can unsubscribe from abandoned cart emails using the unsubscribe link in the emails.

Analytics

We use analytics services including Google Analytics and Conversion Bridge to track website usage, course engagement, and user behavior. These services use cookies to collect information about your interactions with our site, including pages visited, time spent on pages, course completion rates, and navigation patterns. This helps us improve our services and user experience.

You can opt out of analytics tracking through your browser settings or by using opt-out tools provided by analytics services. To opt out of Google Analytics, visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We share information with third parties who help us provide our services to you, including:

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile indefinitely. This allows us to maintain your course progress, provide ongoing support, and deliver the educational services you’ve purchased.

We store course progress, quiz scores, assignments, and all educational content indefinitely to provide you with lifetime access to your learning materials and to track your progress over time.

All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Group Leaders can access order information such as your enrolled courses, course progress and username/email address.

Any additional information added in your WordPress User Profile can also be visible to the administrator(s).

You can opt out of marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email we send.

Payments

We accept payments through secure third-party payment processors. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to our payment processor, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Some of your data may be transferred outside the European Union through our third-party service providers. These providers maintain appropriate safeguards to protect your data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

How we protect your data

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes secure hosting, encrypted data transmission, and restricted access to personal information.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

When using third-party services on our site, you may also be subject to their privacy policies:

Your Choices

You have several choices regarding how we use your information:

Contact information

For any privacy-related questions or concerns, please contact us at: support@youngarchitect.com

This privacy policy was last updated on November 2, 2025. We may update this policy from time to time, and we will notify users of any significant changes.