Terms

• We never publish anything without explicit consent.
• We never sell submitter data.
• We honour takedown requests promptly (procedure below).
• We keep secure backups so your story isn't lost to a server failure.

If you want your family's entry removed:

1. Email [email protected] with the family name and confirmation that you have authority to request removal (e.g., a senior member of the family).
2. Within 7 days, we acknowledge and send you a complete data export — every audio file, transcript, photo, and submission record we hold for that family.
3. Once you confirm receipt, we remove the entry from the public site within 24 hours.
4. The entry stays soft-deleted for 30 days (recoverable in case of mistake), then purged from production permanently.
5. Backups containing the data are retained for 12 months by policy; we do not selectively re-derive backups, but the data is unreachable through any user-facing surface.

• Only submit material you have the right to share — your own family's stories, or stories where the people involved have consented.
• Don't submit material that defames, identifies minors without consent, or breaks Gambian law.
• If a story involves living people, get their permission before submitting their voice or full name.