MAKEABARCODE.ORG

Privacy Policy

Last updated 9 November 2026

Your barcodes are made in your browser

This site has no database. Barcodes, PNGs and ZIP files are made in your browser and the values you type aren’t sent to us. When you use Copy link, the values and settings are packed into the web address after ?d=. Web addresses are sent with page requests, so that text is visible to our server (which does not keep it), to Cloudflare’s ordinary short-term logs, to analytics if enabled, and to anyone you send the link to. Don’t share a link containing values you want kept private.

QR codes and the QR code checker

QR codes are also made in your browser. Share links never include a Wi-Fi password or a logo. On the QR code checker, a photo you upload is read in your browser and is not sent to us. The link found in the code (or the link you paste) is sent to our server so it can follow the redirects the way a phone would; we don’t store it.

Analytics and advertising

We use Google Analytics to see which pages are visited, in aggregate. We may show ads through an advertising network; if we do, this page will name it and link to its disclosures and opt-outs before ads appear.

What we do not do

No accounts, no cookies of our own, no email collection, no saved barcodes, and we do not sell personal information. Questions or requests: p@pwhite.org.