Cookie Policy

Last updated: December 1, 2025

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

How We Use Cookies

NotesQR uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. We only set cookies after you have given your explicit consent. You can accept or reject cookies when you first visit our website.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Analytics Cookies: To understand how visitors interact with our website, we use Google Analytics. These cookies help us analyze website traffic and user behavior.
  • Advertising Cookies: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. These cookies help deliver relevant ads and measure ad performance.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.

Note: NotesQR does not currently use essential cookies that require consent. Our core file sharing functionality works without cookies.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to track website usage and statistics. This service uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site.
  • Data collected includes: pages visited, time spent on pages, browser type, device information, and general location (country/region level).
  • This information is used to improve our website and user experience.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

  • Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. This service uses cookies to show personalized ads based on your browsing history and interests.
  • These cookies help advertisers deliver more relevant ads and measure ad performance.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website, deliver advertisements, and so on. These third-party services have their own privacy policies and cookie policies:

Your Cookie Choices

You have the right to accept or reject cookies. When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner where you can:

  • Accept: Allow us to set cookies for analytics and advertising purposes.
  • Reject: Decline non-essential cookies. You can still use our website, but analytics and advertising features will be disabled.

Important: We do not set any cookies until you make a choice. This ensures compliance with GDPR and other privacy regulations.

Your cookie preference is stored in your browser's local storage (not in a cookie) and will be remembered for future visits. You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser's local storage or by contacting us.

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.

Here are links to help you manage cookies in popular browsers:

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Currently, there is no standard for how DNT signals should be interpreted. As a result, NotesQR does not currently respond to DNT signals.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].

For more information about how we handle your data, please see our Privacy Policy.