Terms and Privacy

These terms of Privacy Policy (Privacy) and Service (Terms) cover your use of and access to our app and website and our services. The Services are provided by us, “BKNY TECHNOLOGY LLC”. Using our Services means you read and agree to our Privacy & Terms. If you do not agree with our Privacy & Terms, you should not use our Services.

- Privacy

Thank you for choosing our “SecretQRMaker” & Scanner!

We gather anonymous statistics about your visit, such as what pages you viewed and what services you used. 3rd parties like ad networks might be aware of your visits to our app or website. We only share your information with 3rd parties in assisting us provide our services. Further you can find a more detailed explanation.

What we gather:

  • Information: related to your account you provide us, your email address given by you when you sign up on our app, or for our newsletters on our website www.secretqrmaker.com
  • Usage information:  When you use our services, we may automatically collect and store information in logs. This may include details on how you use our services, your IP address, system type, or settings.
  • Analytics: We conduct accountability of the visitors to our app and website by means of Google Analytics, Firebase, or others. Thus, the pages you view on our site/app, the method of your arrival at our site/app, and some basic information about your system info is being recorded. Nonetheless, we secure your privacy. All gathered information is kept anonymous. So, we don’t know who specifically you are. We just identify that somebody stopped by our website or app. The analytics information we gather is aimed at further improvement of our services.
  • Advertisement on our site and app: We do not share any data with Advertisers. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to our site or app. Google uses a DoubleClick cookie that enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet. If you want to opt out of this, please change your settings by going to Google’s Ad Settings page. Please see here how Google uses data. The cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on our site or app. You can opt out of many third-party vendors’ use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

API: All data sent to our servers is secured via SSL. The data you added during the QR code creation is processed and secured by our servers.

Hosting and backend infrastructure: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Services:

  • Dynamic QR Code Generator: Dynamic QR codes you create with our Service directly encode all content in a static URL that points to the actual content(s) (for example the actual URL) hosted by our Services. We store the content of your QR Codes on our Secured Servers to deliver this Service.
  • Viewing QR Codes: We store the content of your QR Codes on our Secured Servers to deliver this Service.
  • Scanning QR Codes: We do not collect, transmit or store any data from QR Codes you scan when using our Services. Scanning happens completely locally in your browser. We only store details (queries run, time to load a page, page visited, etc.…) regarding the request done and IP address in order to process information like location and unique user tracking. Furthermore, all this information is stored in the log files of our servers for a certain time.
  • Share QR code with Limited viewing option with a destruction time: Share QR code with Limited viewing option with a destruction time: If our users prefer the option of making sure their QR code contents are not stored or available anywhere including our servers, there is such an option. After the set destruction time is over it will automatically be removed from the app and in fact, it won’t be permanently stored anywhere.
  • QR code Accessing: Always requires an extra layer of security to make sure the right person sees the content. A password-protected access PIN code will always be required to enter and view it.
  • PIN codes: Please make sure you always take note of the pin given for each QR code. Without this pin, you will not be able to view it or reset the PIN. The file will not be accessible in any way without the PIN code.
  • History: You can choose to save information about all the QR codes sent or not. If you choose to activate your history, you will be able to see the details about all the QR codes sent from your account. 
  • Analytics: When the QR code shared by you was scanned and opened, you will be notified about it with details about the time and location.

Warranties:

  • We strive to provide the best Services and hope you enjoy using them. But of course, to an extent, we cannot guarantee all to you. We provide our Services “As is”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we make no warranties either implied or expressed about the Services. We do not can not promise about the specific functions of the services, their reliability, or availability. Please keep in mind that no security system is impenetrable. It may be possible for third parties to intercept or access “SecretQRMaker” Customer Information and Customer User Data in spite of these measures. “SecretQRMaker” cannot guarantee the security of your information and cannot be held responsible for unauthorized access to “SecretQRMaker” Customer accounts.
  • Once you send a QR code, technically it is completely out of our control, we cannot promise anything in regard to what action the receiver will undertake.

Children’s Privacy:

  • Our Services are not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target our Services to children under the age of 13.
  • Educators that have the authority to act on parent’s behalf, may allow students under 13 to use our Services, if such use is for educational purposes, and if this use ensures that students will not provide any personal information.
  • If you have questions about our Service, please contact us at support@secretqrmaker.com

California Residents:

  • Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), California residents have certain rights regarding “SecretQRMaker’s” collection, use, and sharing of their personal information.“SecretQRMaker” does not sell your personal information and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt out of such sale as required by law. Similarly, we do not offer financial incentives associated with our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information. “ShareSecret” collects various categories of personal information when you use the Service, including identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network or device activity information, geolocation data, and professional information.
  • If you are a resident of California, you have the right to request to know what personal information has been collected about you and to access that information. You also have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, though exceptions under the CCPA may allow “ShareSecret” to retain and use certain personal information notwithstanding your deletion request. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. An agent may submit a request on your behalf, but you must verify that your agent is authorized to do so.

EU Residents:

  • If you are a EU Resident, you have the right to access your personal data, and the right to request that we correct, update, or delete your personal data. You can object to the processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information, and request portability of your personal information. Similarly, if we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. If you have any questions or comments about the processing of your personal information, you may contact us.

- Terms

Thank you for choosing our “SecretQRMaker” & Scanner!

Software:

  • Our Services may include web-based or downloadable software, which may automatically be updated on your device to the latest versions. We grant you a worldwide, non-exclusive, and non-transferable use of the software solely for to use of the Services. Components of the software may be offered under an open-source license; in this case, we will provide the availability of such a license to you. Provisions of the open-source license may expressly override some of these Terms.
  • We may periodically change the features of our Services, withdraw or add new features.

Pricing:

  • Our Services are free for now but there might be a change to it anytime. We are able to make this free of charge to you by showings ads. If you do wish to use our app without ads then you can subscribe to the pro version. 
  • There are no hidden fees or any limits to usage. We do not limit the number of generations or scans of your dynamic QR Codes, nor will we ever ask you to pay to keep your Dynamic QR codes accessible.

In-App Purchase Terms:

  • For Users who purchase an auto-recurring periodic Membership subscription through an in-app purchase, their App Store account will be billed continuously for the subscription until canceled.  After your initial subscription commitment period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, your Membership will automatically continue for an additional equivalent period, at the price you agreed to when subscribing.  If you do not wish your Membership to renew automatically, or if you want to change or terminate your subscription, you will need to log in to your App Store account and follow instructions to cancel your subscription, even if you have otherwise deleted your account with “SecretQRMaker” or if you have deleted our mobile application from your device.  The App Stores may charge you a sales tax, depending on where you live.

    Please take note that deleting your account on “SecretQRMaker” or deleting it from your device may not cancel your ongoing Membership subscription; in such case, we will continue charging all funds via your App Store account until you cancel your subscription.

Shutdown policy:

  • All QR codes except for the destruction-type ones will always be available for you to view. If it happens so that we have to terminate our services in the future, we will definitely notify you about it before any QR code becomes inaccessible.

Limitation of Liability:

  • To the fullest extent permitted by law, in case of any issue occurred related to our services we will not be liable for any damages or loss of data, business, profits, computer hardware or software.

Changes to Terms:

  • We always own the rights to these Terms and can make amendments to or modifications at any time. The latest updated versions will always be available on our website. If you still continue using our services after any changes or updates are done and take effect, this means that you agree to the revised Terms.

Contact:

  • If you have any questions or queries about us, the “SecretQRMaker”, our Services or these Terms, please contact us via support@secretqrmaker.com Note that communications made to support@secretqrmaker.com or the “Contact Us” section or the “Report a problem” section in app do not constitute legal notice to the SecretQRMaker legal entity.

    BKNY Technology LLC

    17030 Collins Ave, Suite 117

    Sunny Isles Beach, Miami, Florida 33160

    The date of the last effective update is [February 16], 2023.