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Last updated: 22 February 2026
Who I am
This is a personal blog operated by Tara Tarakiyee, based in Berlin, Germany. You can reach me at me@tarakiyee.com.
Analytics
This site uses Umami, a self-hosted, open-source analytics tool. Umami is designed to be privacy-preserving:
- No cookies are used. No data is stored in your browser.
- No personal data is collected. Your IP address is used to derive an approximate country but is never stored, logged, or shared.
- No cross-site tracking. Your activity on this site is not linked to your activity anywhere else.
- No fingerprinting. Visitors are not uniquely identified across sessions.
The data collected is limited to: page URLs visited, referrer URL, browser type, operating system, device type, and approximate country. All data is aggregated and anonymous. There is no way to identify individual visitors.
Analytics data is processed on infrastructure I own and operate (a server in Nuremberg, Germany). No data is sent to third parties.
Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). I have a legitimate interest in understanding how my blog is read in aggregate. This processing is minimal, anonymous, and does not affect your rights or freedoms.
Hosting
This site is hosted on a virtual private server operated by Hetzner Online GmbH in Nuremberg, Germany. Their privacy policy is available at hetzner.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Server logs
Some administrative services on the same server log IP addresses, timestamps, and requested URLs for the purpose of intrusion detection and security. These logs are separate from blog visitor analytics and do not contain blog traffic data.
IP addresses are personal data under the GDPR. The legal basis for this processing is legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) specifically, the need to detect and respond to unauthorized access or abuse of my infrastructure. I consider this interest proportionate given that the logs are minimal in scope, not used for any other purpose, and retained only briefly. Server logs are rotated by size.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access (Art. 15) — to obtain a copy of any personal data held about you.
- Right to rectification (Art. 16) — to correct inaccurate personal data.
- Right to erasure (Art. 17) — to request deletion of your personal data.
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18) — to limit how your data is processed.
- Right to data portability (Art. 20) — to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object (Art. 21) — to object to processing based on legitimate interest.
- Right to lodge a complaint — you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The relevant authority for this site is the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit.
Since this site does not collect or store personal data beyond temporary server logs, there is typically nothing to request. If you have questions or concerns, or wish to exercise any of these rights, contact me at me@tarakiyee.com.
Changes
I may update this policy if the site's data practices change. The "last updated" date at the top will reflect any changes.