Cookie Policy for ScanCard
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
- Scope of this Policy
- Types of Technologies We Use
- Why We Use Cookies
- Categories of Cookies
- Third-Party Cookies and SDKs
- Cookie Consent and Regional Requirements
- How to Manage Cookies
- Browser Controls, Global Privacy Control, and Do Not Track
- Cookie Retention
- Mobile App and Offline Technologies
- Changes to this Cookie Policy
- Contact Us
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Software Programming Group LLC (“SPG,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies in connection with ScanCard, including the ScanCard website, mobile application, web application, digital business card pages, QR-code landing pages, integrations, and related online services (collectively, “ScanCard” or the “Service”).
This Cookie Policy should be read together with the ScanCard Privacy Policy and ScanCard Terms of Service. Capitalized terms not defined in this Cookie Policy have the meanings given in the Privacy Policy or Terms of Service.
2. What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on your browser or device when you visit a website or use an online service. Cookies can help websites recognize a browser, maintain sessions, remember preferences, improve functionality, measure performance, support security, and personalize content.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, web beacons, local storage, session storage, software development kits, mobile identifiers, device identifiers, log files, embedded scripts, and tracking technologies that store or access information on a device or collect information about how a user interacts with a service.
3. Scope of this Policy
This Policy applies to cookies and similar technologies used by ScanCard-operated websites, applications, product pages, digital business card pages, QR-code sharing experiences, account dashboards, support pages, and related online properties. It does not apply to cookies or technologies used by third-party websites or services that we do not control, including third-party CRM platforms, Google, Microsoft, payment processors, analytics providers, or app stores, except to the extent those technologies are deployed on our properties.
4. Types of Technologies We Use
- Browser cookies that help us remember user sessions, preferences, account state, security settings, and consent choices.
- Local storage and session storage that may store settings, temporary application state, offline data, or performance information.
- Pixels, tags, and web beacons that may help measure website visits, feature usage, conversions, email engagement, and campaign effectiveness.
- Mobile SDKs and device identifiers that may support app functionality, crash reporting, analytics, push notification preferences, and security monitoring.
- Server logs and API logs that record requests, technical events, authentication events, synchronization actions, and error conditions.
5. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- To operate ScanCard, authenticate users, maintain sessions, route traffic, balance load, protect accounts, prevent fraud, and enable requested features.
- To remember settings such as language, region, layout choices, cookie preferences, account preferences, and digital business card display options.
- To support security, detect suspicious activity, prevent unauthorized access, monitor API abuse, and protect the Service.
- To understand how users interact with the ScanCard website and application, identify errors, improve performance, debug issues, and enhance product usability.
- To support marketing analytics and campaign measurement where permitted by law and your consent preferences.
- To enable support, onboarding, product communications, and service improvement.
6. Categories of Cookies
| Category | Purpose | Examples | Your Choices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | Required to operate the website or Service, maintain sessions, authenticate users, secure accounts, remember privacy choices, route traffic, and prevent fraud. | Login sessions, security tokens, load balancing, consent preference storage. | Because these cookies are necessary, they cannot generally be disabled through our cookie banner, but you may block them through your browser, which may cause the Service to stop functioning properly. |
| Functional Cookies | Help remember choices and provide enhanced functionality. | Language, region, display settings, digital business card preferences, support widget preferences. | You may disable these through cookie settings where available or through browser settings. Some features may be less personalized. |
| Analytics and Performance Cookies | Help us understand usage, diagnose issues, measure performance, and improve ScanCard. | Page visits, feature usage, scan workflow analytics, error events, performance metrics. | Used based on consent where required. You can manage choices through the cookie banner or browser controls. |
| Marketing and Advertising Cookies | May help measure campaigns, understand referrals, personalize marketing, or deliver relevant ads where enabled. | Campaign tags, conversion pixels, referral data, audience measurement. | Used only where permitted by law and subject to required consent or opt-out rights. |
| Security and Fraud Prevention Technologies | Help detect abuse, account compromise, bot activity, spam, credential attacks, and API misuse. | Authentication logs, device signals, risk indicators, suspicious activity patterns. | Often necessary for security and may not be optional where required to protect the Service. |
| Integration-Related Cookies or Tokens | May support connections with authorized Third-Party Services, single sign-on, CRM integrations, cloud exports, or app marketplace flows. | OAuth state, integration session identifiers, temporary authorization tokens. | Controlled by your integration choices and the third-party provider’s settings. |
7. Third-Party Cookies and SDKs
Some cookies and similar technologies may be placed by third-party service providers that help us operate, secure, analyze, support, or market ScanCard. These may include cloud hosting providers, analytics providers, customer support tools, payment processors, fraud prevention providers, email service providers, advertising or campaign measurement tools, and integration partners.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms. We encourage you to review the policies of third-party services you use or authorize. Where required, we will obtain consent before allowing non-essential third-party cookies or similar technologies to collect information on our website or app.
8. Cookie Consent and Regional Requirements
In some jurisdictions, including the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, non-essential cookies and similar technologies generally require consent before they are placed or accessed on a user’s device. Essential cookies may be used without consent where they are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the user, such as account login, security, session management, or remembering privacy choices.
Where required, ScanCard will provide a cookie banner or preference center that allows users to accept, reject, or customize non-essential cookies. Consent should be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. You may withdraw or change consent through available cookie settings where provided.
In certain US states, use of cookies for targeted advertising, sale, sharing, or certain profiling may trigger opt-out rights. Where applicable, we will provide appropriate opt-out mechanisms, including a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link, “Your Privacy Choices” link, or similar mechanism.
9. How to Manage Cookies
You may manage cookies in several ways:
- Use the ScanCard cookie banner or cookie preference center, where available, to accept, reject, or customize non-essential cookies.
- Adjust browser settings to block, delete, or receive alerts about cookies. Browser controls vary by browser and device.
- Use privacy plug-ins or device-level settings that limit tracking, advertising identifiers, or cross-site cookies.
- Manage mobile app permissions through your device settings, including permissions for camera, storage, notifications, background refresh, or identifiers where applicable.
- Disconnect or adjust third-party integrations directly through ScanCard settings or through the relevant third-party service.
Blocking or deleting cookies may affect the availability or functionality of ScanCard. If you delete cookies, you may need to log in again or reset preferences. If you use multiple browsers or devices, you may need to repeat your choices on each one.
10. Browser Controls, Global Privacy Control, and Do Not Track
Some browsers or tools may send Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) signals or similar preference signals. Where required by applicable law and technically feasible, we will treat recognized opt-out preference signals as requests to opt out of sale, sharing, or targeted advertising for the browser or device sending the signal.
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is not a uniform legal or technical standard for responding to all Do Not Track signals, ScanCard may not respond to such signals unless required by applicable law. We may respond to legally recognized universal opt-out mechanisms where required.
11. Cookie Retention
Cookies may be session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain for a defined period unless deleted earlier. Retention periods depend on the cookie purpose, provider, user settings, legal requirements, and technical needs.
| Technology Type | Typical Retention Approach |
|---|---|
| Session Cookies | Typically expire when the browser session ends or after a short inactivity period. |
| Security Cookies | Retained for the period necessary to protect accounts, detect abuse, and maintain secure sessions. |
| Preference Cookies | Retained long enough to remember preferences such as language, region, and cookie choices. |
| Analytics Cookies | Retained according to analytics configuration and applicable consent settings. |
| Marketing Cookies | Retained according to campaign settings, provider limits, consent choices, and applicable law. |
| Local Storage / Offline Data | May remain until cleared by the application, user, browser, device, or account settings. |
12. Mobile App and Offline Technologies
ScanCard may use mobile app technologies, local storage, cached data, and device permissions to support offline contact access, offline scanning, automatic synchronization, app performance, crash reporting, authentication, and push notification settings. Offline data may remain on your device until synchronized, deleted, or cleared. You are responsible for securing your device and managing app permissions.
The mobile app may request camera access to scan business cards. Camera permission is used to capture card images and related scan data. You may control camera access through your device settings, but disabling camera access may prevent scanning features from functioning.
13. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our technologies, vendors, legal requirements, or business practices. When we update this Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date. For material changes, we may provide additional notice where required by law.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and similar technologies, please contact us at:
Software Programming Group LLC
295 Durham Avenue, Suite D
South Plainfield, NJ 07080
United States
Privacy Email: info@spgamerica.com
Website: https://www.scancard.ai