Privacy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our full privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Note on the Responsible Body” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you communicate it to us, for example, by entering data into a contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website, either automatically or after you have given consent. This primarily involves technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page view).

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the correct provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other contract requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this and other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is primarily done with so-called analytics programs. You can find detailed information on these analytics programs in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider: IONOS.

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter IONOS).

When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP addresses. Details can be found in IONOS’s privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a contract for Order Processing (AVV) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that this provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect, what we use it for, and how and for what purpose this happens. We point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the Responsible Body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Alexander Styles
Seelbacher Straße 13
65510 Idstein

Phone: +49 6126 7003941
E-Mail: office@alexander-styles.de

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage duration has been mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing ceases to apply. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be erased, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods). In the latter case, erasure will take place after these reasons have ceased to apply.

General Notes on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Abs. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data according to Art. 9 Abs. 1 GDPR are processed. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to accessing information in your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for contract fulfilment or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is required for the fulfilment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing can also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR.

You will be informed about the applicable legal bases in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

We work with various external bodies as part of our business activities. In some cases, the transmission of personal data to these external bodies is necessary. We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary within the framework of contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR in the transfer, or if another legal basis permits the data transfer. When using data processors, we only pass on the personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid Data Processing Agreement.

Right to Revoke Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 6Abs. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims (Objection pursuant to Art. 21 Abs. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (Objection pursuant to Art. 21 Abs. 2 GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to complain is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, Rectification, and Erasure

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time with any questions you may have about this or other topics related to personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. This right exists in the following cases:

If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Abs. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to Advertising E-mails

The use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal steps in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam e-mails.

4. Data Collection on this Website

Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored on your end device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion by your web browser occurs.

Cookies can come from us (First-Party-Cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called Third-Party-Cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to analyse user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Necessary cookies, which are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring the web audience), are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR, provided that no other legal basis is given. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically correct and optimized provision of their services.

CookieYes Consent-Management: We use CookieYes (Provider: WebToffee Pvt Ltd, India, EU Representative: WebToffee Europe UAB, Lithuania) to query and manage your consent. On the first visit, a banner appears where you can actively agree to or reject categories (necessary, statistics, marketing). Your preferences are stored in a Consent-Cookie and read out upon return. Necessary cookies are set without consent; all others exclusively on the basis of your consent according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time via the CookieYes button in the footer – changes apply for the future.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited. You can find which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

Inquiry by E-mail and Telephone

If you contact us by e-mail or telephone, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is required for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested. Consent can be revoked at any time.

The data sent to us by you via contact inquiries remains with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is required for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested. Consent can be revoked at any time.

The data entered by you in the contact form remains with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions remain unaffected.

Audio and Video Conferences

We use online conference tools for communication with our customers, among other things. The tools we use individually are listed below. When you communicate with us via video or audio conference via the Internet, your personal data is collected and processed by us and the provider of the respective conference tool.

The conference tools collect all data that you provide/use for the use of the tools (e-mail address and/or your telephone number). Furthermore, the conference tools process the duration of the conference, the start and end (time) of participation in the conference, the number of participants, and other “contextual information” related to the communication process (metadata).

In addition, the tool provider processes all technical data that are necessary for the execution of the online communication. This includes, in particular, IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or speaker, and the type of connection.

If content is exchanged, uploaded, or otherwise provided within the tool, this will also be stored on the servers of the tool providers. Such content includes, in particular, cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards, and other information shared during the use of the service.

We point out that we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the tools used. Our possibilities are largely governed by the company policy of the respective provider. Further information on data processing by the conference tools can be found in the privacy policies of the respective tools used, which we have listed below this text.

The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR). Furthermore, the use of the tools serves to generally simplify and accelerate communication with us or our company (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR). Insofar as consent has been requested, the use of the tools in question is based on this consent; consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes. For details, please inquire directly with the operators of the conference tools:

Google Meet

Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Data transmission to third countries (USA) is possible as it’s a US provider’s service. Google has committed to complying with the EU Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an adequate level of data protection. Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Microsoft Teams

Provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Parent Company: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA. Website: https://products.office.com. Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement. Standard Contractual Clauses: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Products-and-Services-Data-Protection-Addendum-DPA.

5. Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools (Plugins)

When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using so-called analysis programs.

Plausible Analytics

Our website uses the Plausible Analytics service, operated by Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403, Tartu, Estonia, to analyse user behavior anonymously. Plausible Analytics is a privacy-friendly web analytics tool that works entirely without cookies and does not collect any personal data.

Plausible Analytics does not collect personal data such as IP addresses or other information that allows conclusions to be drawn about individual users. Instead, aggregated data on visits, page views, referrer information, and devices used is collected. This data helps us to understand the use of our website and improve our offering.

The aggregated data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing our website and analysing user behaviour in order to better tailor our content to the needs of visitors.

Plausible Analytics processes data in the European Union and does not transfer any data to third countries. No information is passed on to third parties.

The aggregated statistics generated by Plausible Analytics are stored for a limited period of time and regularly deleted as soon as they are no longer required for analysis purposes.

Since Plausible Analytics does not process personal data within the meaning of the GDPR, data subject rights such as information, correction, or deletion are not applicable in this context. For more information, please visit: https://plausible.io/data-policy

Gravatar

We have integrated Gravatar into this website. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA (hereinafter Gravatar). Gravatar is a tool that allows us to provide personal images (avatars) for users of our website. The avatars serve as visual representations of the users and are displayed wherever a user interacts with the platform (e.g., in forums or chats).

When a user interacts with the platform, their avatar is displayed based on the selection associated with their email address. This gives the users’ online presence a personal touch and makes identification easier, as the selected image is assigned to users when they are active online. If you comment or interact on our website and Gravatar is activated, the hash of the email address of the user using Gravatar (used as an ID) is processed by Gravatar.

The use of Gravatar is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in an appealing presentation of its forums. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Further details can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/. The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the US.

Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4709.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dubl28in 4, Ireland. reCAPTCHA is intended to check whether the data entry on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program.

For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, the time the website visitor spends on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place. The storage and analysis of the data are based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting their web offers from abusive automated espionage and SPAM. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on Google reCAPTCHA can be found in the Google privacy policy and the Google terms of use: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de. The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). You can find more information here: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

6. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change the privacy policy to adapt it to changed legal situations and in the event of changes to services and data processing. However, this only applies with regard to declarations on data processing. Insofar as the user’s consent is required or parts of the privacy policy contain regulations of the contractual relationship with the users, the changes will only take place with the user’s consent. The users of our website are requested to regularly inform themselves about the content of the privacy policy.

Status: December 2025