Terms and Conditions

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“User”, “you”, or “your”) and FreeQR Maker (“FreeQR Maker”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) concerning your access to and use of the FreeQR Maker website, web application, and associated code generation utilities.

By accessing, browsing, or utilizing any portion of this website, you confirm your unconditional acceptance of these Terms, as well as our Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any portion of these provisions, you must immediately terminate access to and refrain from using our services.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

Platform IP: All proprietary code, algorithms, visual styles, site designs, documentation, and registered or unregistered trademarks related to FreeQR Maker are the exclusive intellectual property of FreeQR Maker and its licensors, protected under applicable domestic and international copyright, trademark, and trade secret statutes.

User Content & Generated Assets: We claim zero intellectual property rights, copyright, or ownership over the content you input or the barcodes you generate. You retain all ownership rights, trademarks, and copyrights belonging to the logos, trade dress, text, and URLs that you encode or embed into your QR codes.

3. Commercial & Personal License

Subject to compliance with these Terms, FreeQR Maker hereby grants you a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to download, copy, publish, print, distribute, and publicly display any QR code generated using our service.

This license expressly authorizes:

• Commercial packaging, physical merchandise, and retail goods.
• Marketing campaigns, billboards, flyers, brochures, and print collateral.
• Corporate business cards, restaurant menus, and table tents.
• Digital distributions, social media profiles, and email signatures.

No attribution, royalties, recurring license payments, or back-links to FreeQR Maker are required.

4. Acceptable Use Policy

You agree to utilize FreeQR Maker only for lawful, legitimate purposes. You explicitly agree that you shall not use our utility to create, link, or propagate QR codes that contain or facilitate:

• Malicious Software: Computer viruses, malware, trojans, ransomware, spyware, or keyloggers designed to damage, compromise, or infiltrate systems.
• Phishing and Fraud: Deceptive websites designed to mislead consumers, spoof banking portals, or harvest login credentials.
• Illegal or Regulated Contraband: The unauthorized distribution or advertising of illicit narcotics, prescription pharmaceuticals without a license, or illegal firearms.
• Infringement: Misappropriation of third-party trademarks, copyrighted material, or trade secrets without written consent.
• Abusive Automation: Scripted, automated, or bot-driven requests designed to disrupt, overload, or degrade our hosting infrastructure.

5. Mandatory Pre-Print Verification Responsibility

6. Service Modifications & Availability

While we strive to maintain uninterrupted service uptime, we reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature, aspect, or component of the website at any time without prior notice. We shall not be liable to you or any third party should any part of the website experience downtime or operational changes.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

Statutory Warranty Exclusions

THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FREEQR MAKER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE, SECURELY, OR WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, NOR DO WE WARRANT THAT GENERATED BARCODES WILL BE OPTICALLY RECOGNIZABLE ON ALL THIRD-PARTY HARDWARE SCANNERS OR CAMERA LENSES.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL FREEQR MAKER, ITS OPERATORS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, REPRINTING EXPENSES, ADVERTISING LOSSES, DATA DESTRUCTION, OR GOODWILL IMPAIRMENT ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OUR SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FreeQR Maker, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against all third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and legal costs arising from: (a) your use of or access to the Service; (b) your breach of any term within these Terms; or (c) any infringement by you or your content of any intellectual property or privacy right of any person or entity.

10. Governing Law & Severability

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws applicable to general electronic commerce transactions, without regard to conflict of law principles. If any provision of these Terms is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.