Privacy Policy

Last updated: 31 July 2026

1. Controller

The controller respon­sible for processing personal data on this website is:

Tanya Ury
you are why
Cork­straße 19
51103 Cologne
Germany

Email: youarewhy@netcologne.d…
Tele­phone: +49 221 5503795

2. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to tanyaury​.com and to tanyaury​.com while the staging envi­ron­ment is used for devel­op­ment and testing.

3. Hosting and server logs

The website is hosted by Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG, Königs­berger Straße 4 – 6, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany. When the website is accessed, the hosting provider processes tech­nical connec­tion data required to deliver it. This may include the IP address, date and time of access, requested file or page, amount of data trans­ferred, referrer URL, browser type, oper­ating system and HTTP status.

This processing is neces­sary to deliver the website, ensure its stability and secu­rity and prevent misuse. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legit­i­mate interest is the secure and reli­able oper­a­tion of this website. Log data is retained only for as long as required for oper­a­tion, trou­bleshooting and secu­rity and is then deleted, unless a legal oblig­a­tion or a specific secu­rity inci­dent requires longer reten­tion. A data processing agree­ment is in place with the hosting provider.

Further infor­ma­tion: Mittwald Privacy Policy.

4. Contact and contact form

If you contact us by email or through the contact form, we process the infor­ma­tion you provide, in partic­ular your name, email address and message, together with the meta­data tech­ni­cally required for trans­mis­sion. Required fields are marked in the form.

The infor­ma­tion is used to respond to your enquiry. It is stored within the Word­Press instal­la­tion and sent by email to the mail­boxes respon­sible for processing the enquiry and providing tech­nical website support. It is not used for adver­tising or disclosed to unre­lated third parties.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to a contract or commis­sion; other­wise it is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legit­i­mate interest is responding to enquiries and docu­menting communications.

Enquiries are deleted once they have been dealt with and there are no statu­tory reten­tion require­ments or legit­i­mate reasons for further storage. Docu­ments subject to legal reten­tion require­ments are kept for the prescribed period.

5. Cookies and local storage

The public website uses only tech­ni­cally neces­sary func­tions. Poly­lang may set the pll_language cookie to remember the selected language. It contains the selected language code and is retained for up to one year. The legal basis is section 25(2)(2) TDDDG; subse­quent processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legit­i­mate interest is presenting the website in the language selected by the visitor.

Word­Press sets addi­tional login and admin­is­tra­tion cookies only for autho­rised persons who sign in to the non-public admin­is­tra­tion area. Public user regis­tra­tion is not available.

6. Audi­ence measurement

No analytics or visitor tracking is currently active on the public website. In partic­ular, neither Google Analytics nor Matomo is used. If audi­ence measure­ment is enabled in future, this Privacy Policy will be updated beforehand.

7. Media, galleries and external links

Images, audio and video files are gener­ally deliv­ered by this website itself. The website also contains links to external services, including publi­ca­tions, insti­tu­tions, press arti­cles and video plat­forms. Only when you follow such a link does your browser connect to the respec­tive third party. From that point onwards, the third party’s privacy policy applies.

According to the current tech­nical config­u­ra­tion, the website does not auto­mat­i­cally transmit visitor data to social networks or video plat­forms through social-media tracking.

8. Recip­i­ents and inter­na­tional transfers

Personal data is acces­sible only to parties who require it for hosting, tech­nical support or responding to your enquiry. Trans­fers outside the Euro­pean Union or Euro­pean Economic Area are not intended for the normal oper­a­tion of this website. If you volun­tarily follow an external link, the rele­vant third party may process data under its own terms.

9. Reten­tion

Unless a specific period is stated above, personal data is retained only for as long as required for the rele­vant purpose. It is then deleted unless statu­tory reten­tion duties, the estab­lish­ment or defence of legal claims or secu­rity require­ments justify further retention.

10. Your rights

Subject to the statu­tory require­ments, you have the right of access, recti­fi­ca­tion, erasure, restric­tion of processing and data porta­bility. You may object to processing based on legit­i­mate inter­ests. Any consent may be with­drawn at any time with future effect.

To exer­cise your rights, contact youarewhy@netcologne.d…. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protec­tion super­vi­sory authority. The compe­tent authority is, in partic­ular, the State Commis­sioner for Data Protec­tion and Freedom of Infor­ma­tion of North Rhine-West­phalia, Kaval­leries­traße 2 – 4, 40213 Düssel­dorf, Germany, www​.ldi​.nrw​.de.

11. Secu­rity

The website is trans­mitted over encrypted HTTPS connec­tions. We use appro­priate tech­nical and organ­i­sa­tional measures to protect personal data against loss, manip­u­la­tion and unau­tho­rised access. Absolute secu­rity of data trans­mitted over the internet cannot, however, be guaranteed.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We update this Privacy Policy when the website, the services used or legal require­ments change. The version published on this website is the applic­able version.