Who we are
This website, barcodepilot.com ("BarcodePilot", "we", "us"), is operated by Stonmark LLC, 30 N Gould St #63987, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA. Contact us about privacy at hello@barcodepilot.com.
What you type into the tools
Barcodes are generated by code that runs in your browser. The values you enter, the files you open (such as CSV files) and the barcodes you create are not sent to us and we don't store them. Some tools keep a temporary copy in your browser's session storage, for example to pass a list from the bulk generator to the label maker; it's cleared when you close the tab.
Camera and images
The barcode scanner, checker, lookup and inventory scanner can use your device's camera, only after you press a button to start it and your browser asks for permission. Camera frames, and any image you choose, drop or paste, are read by code running in your browser and are never uploaded or recorded. The camera stops when you press Stop, leave the page or switch tabs.
Product and book lookups
When you scan or type a product number (UPC, EAN or GTIN) on the scanner or lookup pages, your browser sends that number only to the free, open databases Open Food Facts, Open Beauty Facts and Open Products Facts (run by the non-profit Open Food Facts) to find the product's name. For a book's ISBN, your browser sends the ISBN to Open Library (run by the non-profit Internet Archive). Like any website, these services receive your IP address with the request; their own privacy policies apply. Product photos shown are loaded from those services. We don't receive or store the numbers you look up. The barcode checker and inventory scanner don't send lookups.
Saved in your browser
Some tools save information in your browser's local storage so it's there next time, on this device only: the barcodes you've downloaded, copied or printed ("Your barcodes" on the generator) and your stock counts on the inventory scanner. This information never leaves your device and we can't see it. You can delete it in the tools (Clear the list, Delete this count) or by clearing this site's data in your browser. To let the scanner and inventory scanner open without a connection, your browser also keeps a copy of our pages and scripts (a service worker cache); it holds nothing about you.
Information collected automatically
Server logs
Like every website, our server receives your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time in order to send you the page. Our web server doesn't keep access logs. Our hosting provider may briefly record this information to protect the service from abuse.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how many people visit, which pages and tools they use, and roughly where they come from (country and city level). It records things like pages viewed, how you arrived, your device type and events such as "downloaded a PNG". It doesn't record what you type into the tools. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar identifiers. Google's own use of this data is described in How Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
We show ads from Google AdSense to keep the site free.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info (US) or www.youronlinechoices.eu (EU and UK).
- Other ad vendors and networks may also serve ads through AdSense. See how Google uses cookies in advertising.
Your consent choices
European Economic Area, UK and Switzerland: when you first visit, a consent message from Google (a certified consent management platform) asks whether you agree to cookies for personalised ads, measurement and analytics. Until you choose, Google tags run in a restricted mode that doesn't use cookies for these purposes. You can change your choice at any time with the "Privacy and cookie settings" link that appears at the bottom of the page after your first choice.
US states with privacy laws (such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia and others): showing personalised ads may count as "selling" or "sharing" personal information under those laws. Where required, a "Do not sell or share my personal information" option is shown, and you can opt out there. Browsers sending a Global Privacy Control signal are treated as opting out where the law requires it.
Cookies we use
| Provider | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Counting visits and understanding use | _ga, _ga_* |
| Google AdSense and partners | Showing ads, limiting repeats, measuring ads, personalisation where allowed | __gads, __gpi, IDE, NID and others |
| Google consent message | Remembering your consent choice | FCCDCF, FCNEC |
We don't set any cookies of our own. The local storage described above is used only by the tools, isn't a cookie and isn't sent anywhere. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the tools keep working without them.
Legal bases (EEA and UK)
We process server logs on the basis of our legitimate interest in running a secure website. Analytics and advertising cookies are used on the basis of your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. Where your consent isn't given, Google may still serve non-personalised ads, which use cookies only for purposes such as frequency capping and fraud prevention where the law allows.
Sharing and international transfers
We don't sell your information. Data collected by Google Analytics and AdSense is processed by Google, which may process it in the United States and other countries under its standard contractual clauses and its certification under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. Our website host processes server logs on our behalf. Product and book numbers you look up go directly from your browser to Open Food Facts and Open Library, as described above.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information about you, to object to or restrict processing, to data portability, and to complain to your data protection authority. Because we don't hold tool data or accounts, most data about your visit is held by Google; you can manage it through your Google account and the opt-outs above. For anything else, email hello@barcodepilot.com. We won't discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
Children
This site is meant for businesses and adults. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (under 16 in the EEA and UK).
Changes
If we change this policy we'll update the date at the top. Significant changes will be noted on this page.
