Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit websites. They are widely used to make websites work, improve browsing experiences, and provide analytics data to site owners.

Cookies may be "persistent" (which stay on your device for a set period or until manually deleted) or "session" cookies (which are deleted automatically as soon as you close your web browser).

Smart QR Review uses cookies to optimize the stability, security, and loading speeds of our reputation routing portals. Specifically, we use cookies to:

• Verify your identity and authenticate dashboard logins.
• Retain country and language translation selections as you click through pages.
• Track QR scan counts and geolocation routing states without storing user identities.
• Maintain user theme choices (e.g. enforcing dark mode settings).
• Protect our login forms from automated spam and abuse.

The cookies utilized on our platform are classified into these three distinct functional categories:

1. Essential / Necessary Cookies: These cookies are critical to log into the platform, update databases, and manage active subscription tasks. Without these, our core dashboard and review routing bridges cannot function.
2. Preferences & Experience Cookies: These remember choices you make (such as dark mode preferences, country layouts, and sidebar collapsing settings) to deliver a seamless, personalized experience.
3. Performance & Analytics Cookies: These cookies gather information on how visitors scan QR codes, navigate our dashboard, and report site loading crashes. All data collected is aggregated and anonymized.

In addition to our internal database trackers, some trusted third-party providers place cookies on your device during your interaction with our site:

• Stripe (Payment Processing): Stripe uses persistent security cookies to detect credit card fraud, verify transaction sequences, and authorize subscription payments. These are essential for checkout safety.
• Google Analytics: Google Analytics cookies help us monitor site usage rates, user paths, and geographical distributions. This assists in optimizing marketing budgets.
• Supabase / Firebase (Authentication): Authentication modules utilize session tokens stored as cookies to keep you safely logged in without forcing password inputs on every page load.

You have the right to accept or refuse cookies. Most web browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can modify your browser settings to block or delete cookies:

• Google Chrome: Navigate to Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies.
• Apple Safari: Navigate to Settings > Privacy > Block all cookies.
• Mozilla Firefox: Navigate to Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
• Microsoft Edge: Navigate to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies.

* Note on Disabling Cookies: If you block essential cookies, parts of our application (like login sessions, payment checkouts, and custom dashboard metrics) will cease to work.