Codefold

Privacy policy

Last updated: 12 November 2026

Codefold is a QR code and barcode scanner for Android from Anom, the app studio of Zest Plate LLC ("we", "us"). This policy explains what happens to your information when you use Codefold.

No account, no personal data from you

• You don't need an account to use Codefold, and we don't ask for your name, email address or any other personal details.
• Codefold itself includes no analytics. Data that leaves your phone is limited to the ads and the code reader described below.

Codes are read on your phone

• The camera picture and any photo you pick are read on your phone by Google ML Kit's barcode reader, which is built into the app. Pictures are not saved and not uploaded.
• ML Kit may send Google basic information about how the reader is used and how it performs (for example the device model and error counts) to improve it. It does not send your pictures or the contents of your codes.
• Codefold never opens a link or does anything with a code until you tap a button.

Your history stays on your phone

• Codes you scan or create are saved in History, in Codefold's private storage on your phone. You can turn History off in Settings, delete single entries, or clear it.
• Codefold does not include your history in cloud backups or phone-to-phone transfers.
• QR pictures you choose to save go to Pictures/Codefold on your phone.

Ads

Codefold is free and shows ads from Google AdMob, Google's advertising service: a banner on the Create and History screens and under results, and an occasional full-screen ad when you close a result. There are never ads over the camera.

• To show ads, measure them and prevent fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK in Codefold collects and sends to Google: your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers (such as the app set ID), your IP address (from which an approximate location can be worked out), information about the ads you see and tap, and technical and diagnostic information about your phone and the app (for example the model, Android version, crash reports and performance data).
• The ads never see your scans, your history or the codes you create.
• Google may use this information to show personalised ads where the law allows it and you agree, and non-personalised ads otherwise. How Google uses information from apps that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
• We (Zest Plate LLC) don't receive personal data from the ads. We only see totals, such as how many ads were shown and what they earned.
• Ads in Codefold are limited to content suitable for general audiences.

Your ad choices

• In the European Economic Area, the UK, Switzerland and US states with privacy laws, Codefold asks for your choice with Google's consent form the first time you open it. You can change it at any time in Settings > Privacy choices.
• Anywhere, you can reset or delete your advertising ID, or turn off ad personalisation, in your phone's Settings > Google > Ads (on some phones, Settings > Privacy > Ads).

Permissions

• Camera: to read codes live. It is asked for only when you choose to scan with the camera; scanning a photo works without it.
• Photos: Codefold uses Android's photo picker, so it only sees the one picture you pick. No storage permission is needed.
• Internet, network state and advertising ID: used by the ads (and by ML Kit's usage information).

Pictures shared from other apps

When you share a picture to Codefold, it reads the code in it on your phone without keeping a copy.

Deleting your data

History > Clear history removes your scans (starred ones are kept until you delete them). Uninstalling Codefold deletes everything it stored. Pictures you saved to Pictures/Codefold stay until you delete them.

Children

Codefold is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Zest Plate LLC — codefold@anomllc.app