Privacy Policy

How we handle your data and protect your privacy

Last Updated: May 9, 2025

Welcome to Free QR Code Generator. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Free QR Code Generator is operated by ElkQR. We are responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "we", "us", or "our" in this privacy policy).

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and services.
  • Email Data includes email addresses that you may provide when contacting us.

Important Note: We do not collect Identity Data (such as first name, last name, username or similar identifier), Contact Data (except for email addresses when you contact us), or QR Code Data (the content you use to generate QR codes such as URLs, text, contact information, or UPI payment details).

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses.

3. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Email Data by corresponding with us by email.
  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns.
  • QR Code generation. When you use our service to generate QR codes, we do not store the information you input to create the QR code.

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • To provide our QR code generation service to you.
  • To manage our relationship with you.
  • To administer and protect our business and this website.
  • To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences.
  • To respond to your inquiries when you contact us via email.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for. For free QR code generation, we do not store the data you input to generate the QR code after the code is created and delivered to you.

For premium features like scan tracking, we will retain related data for the duration of your subscription plus a reasonable period afterwards to allow for renewal.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.
  • Request correction of your personal data.
  • Request erasure of your personal data.
  • Object to processing of your personal data.
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.
  • Request transfer of your personal data.
  • Right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

8. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

9. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this privacy policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]