Who we are

Hi, and welcome to LIFT! We’re happy to have you here and hope you enjoy your stay. When we say ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘LIFT’ it’s because that’s who we are, and as an IT Consultancy firm in Melbourne Australia, that’s what we hope to do by allowing more creative freedom, both at home and in the workplace.

Terms of Use

During your time with us you agree to follow the rules as outlined in these terms so please take the time to read and understand them. If you don’t accept these terms we will not be able to register you as a member and you will not be able use some of the features on our site.

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

The items for sale on LIFT are owned by the authors, not by us. We provide a platform; we do not take ownership of the items.

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.

Publish Your Files

The social media aspects of our sites are platforms whereby members are free under a binding contract to buy and sell digital items such as: mp3 files, tickets, merchandise as well as subscription to our online lifestyle programs. On LIFT, buyers and sellers (authors) transact with each other directly and we provide the platform to allow those transactions to happen. All transactions are lodged on your member’s statement, which records the payments made by you to authors via LIFT (as a buyer) and by buyers via LIFT to you (as an author).

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.

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.

User Guidelines

When browsing our sites you agree to follow our guidelines or instructions and keep in mind that these terms apply to any use of our sites whether or not you’re a member.

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 (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. 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.

Where we send your data

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

Legal Guardian

You need to be 18 years or over to become a member. If you’re under 18 you will need to use the account of a parent or legal guardian who is at least 18 years of age, with their permission, and this adult will be responsible for all your activities.

Responsiblity

You promise that information you give us is true, accurate and complete and that you will keep your account information up-to-date (including a current email address). Your membership is none transferrable. You are responsible for any use of your account on our sites that occurs in conjunction with your username and password so keep your password secure and don’t let any other person use your username or password. If you realise there’s any unauthorized use of your password or any breach of security you need to let us know immediately.