Who we are
Our website address is: https://lifteducate.uk.
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 anonymised 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.
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.
Contact requests
If you send us a contacts request via the website, then we will collect your name, email address, phone number, contact preference, contacts message sent by you. We will also collect metadata including IP address, date, time, and user agent (web browser type etc.). To submit the contact request you must tick to confirm that you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.
Third Party service providers
This website uses third party providers including plug-ins to host the site, enable the site to be kept updated, to manage cookies and cookie preferences, to provide us with tracking data, and to ensure the safety and security of the website. These provides may store or retain your data, and so you should refer to their own policies on how your data is stored and used. Here are details of the providers, however, errors and omissions are expected from this listing:
Digital Ocean – website hosting / privacy policy: Legal – Privacy Policy
Elementor – website design and maintenance / privacy policy: Privacy Policy | Elementor.com
Advanced Google reCAPTCHA – protection against spam comments and brute force attacks / privacy policy:
Akismet Anti Spam Protection – protects posts and blogs from spam / privacy policy: Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google
Cookiebot by Usercentrics – Provides cookie banner. Automatically scan and block cookies to comply with the GDPR, CCPA, Google Consent Mode v2. / privacy policy: Privacy Policy – Your CMP Partner – Cookiebot™
reCAPTCHA by BestWebSoft – Protect WordPress website forms from spam entries with Google Captcha (reCaptcha). / website: Best WordPress Plugins and Themes Online Shop BestWebSoft
Site Kit by Google – Interface to Google to provide data such as Google Analytics / privacy policy: Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google
Site Mailer – Manages transactional emails to and from the site. / privacy policy: Privacy Policy – WP Mail SMTP
WP fail2ban – site intrusion prevention software protecting site from malicious activity. / log files kept on Digital Ocean / see: Legal – Privacy Policy
We also use Microsoft for Business to collect and store emails from this site. See Microsoft Privacy Statement – Microsoft privacy
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Your data may also be shared with our third party service providers for the purpose of maintaining the safety and security of the site.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you send us a contact request via the website, the contact details provided by you and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so that we can provide you with a response
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.
Third party providers will retain your data inline with their own policies, which are available directly from them.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, have left comments or have sent us a contact request, 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.
For third party service providers then please contact them to request any data kept by them or for your data to be erased.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Third party service providers will use your data to ensure the secure and safe operation of this website.
We are not responsible for data held by third party providers.