Privacy & cookies
The short version: this website does not track you, does not show ads and does not use analytics. It only stores what it needs to work, and YouTube videos load only when you choose to play them.
Who runs this website
thewakeup.be is run by The Wake Up Movement, a youth movement against school bullying based in Brussels, Belgium. For any question about your data, write to contact@thewakeup.be.
What we receive from you
The site has no accounts, forms or newsletter. If you email us or message us on Instagram, we receive your name, your email address or Instagram username, and what you write. We use this only to reply to you and, if you ask, to organise a screening or a collaboration. We keep it only as long as needed for that and then delete it. We never sell or share it.
Cookies and storage on your device
The site itself does not set cookies. It saves two small settings in your browser’s storage, which never leave your device and are never sent to us:
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
| wakeup-lang | Remembers the language you chose | Until you clear your browser data |
| wakeup-consent | Remembers your cookie choice | Until you clear your browser data |
These are strictly necessary for the site to work as you expect, so they do not need your consent.
YouTube videos
Our videos are hosted on YouTube, a Google service. Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play, and we use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. When a video plays, YouTube may set cookies and receive information such as your IP address, under Google’s privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy. If you choose “Accept all”, videos play straight away. If you choose “Only necessary”, we ask you each time before loading a video. You can change your choice at any time with “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page.
Hosting and fonts
The site is hosted by Netlify. Like any web host, Netlify processes technical information such as your IP address and browser type to deliver the pages and keep them secure: netlify.com/privacy. Our fonts are stored on our own site, so no request is made to Google Fonts.
Links to our Instagram take you to a site run by Meta, where Meta’s own privacy policy applies: privacycenter.instagram.com/policy.
Your rights
You can ask us to see, correct or delete any data we hold about you, or object to how we use it, by writing to contact@thewakeup.be. If you think we have not handled your data properly, you can also complain to the Belgian Data Protection Authority: www.dataprotectionauthority.be.
Last updated: 6 November 2026