Privacy policy

Last updated: 13 October 2026

Who is responsible for your data

Francis Musiime, The Open Book Project, 42655 Solingen, Germany. Email: f.musiime@yahoo.com.

Hosting and server logs

This website is hosted by Netlify, Inc., 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. When you visit it, Netlify's servers automatically process technical data your browser sends, such as your IP address, the date and time, the page requested, your browser and operating system, and the page you came from. This is needed to deliver the website and keep it secure, which is our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We don't use these data to identify you. They may be processed in the USA; Netlify takes part in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and uses the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. See Netlify's privacy statement.

Grant applications

If you apply for a grant, the application form opens your own email app and you send us your name, email address, the type of support you need, the number of children in your family and your story. We use these details only to assess your application and contact you about it, based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and on taking steps toward a possible grant (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). We keep unsuccessful applications for 6 months after our decision. For families we support, we keep their application for as long as we support them and for 12 months afterwards. We then delete them. You can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing us.

Donations

If you donate with PayPal, the payment is handled by PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22–24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg, which is responsible for the data it processes. Please see PayPal's privacy statement. We receive your name, email address and the amount you gave.

If you donate by bank transfer, we see your name, account details, the amount and the payment reference on our bank statement. We use donation details to manage donations and keep records as required by law (Art. 6(1)(b) and (c) GDPR), and keep them for as long as accounting rules require.

TikTok and other links

Our website links to our TikTok account but does not embed any TikTok content, so no data is sent to TikTok just by visiting our pages. If you follow a link to TikTok, watch our live streams or comment there, TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland, is responsible for the data it processes. Please see TikTok's privacy policy. Comments on TikTok are public, so please don't share personal details there. We never discuss individual grant applications on TikTok.

Our website also links to news and research sources. Those sites are responsible for their own data processing.

Contacting us by email

If you email us, we use your message and contact details only to reply to you (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and delete them when they are no longer needed.

Your rights

You have the right to ask what data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its use, and to receive it in a portable format. To use any of these rights, email us. You can also complain to a data protection authority, for example the Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen.