Blip Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 11, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Taste Games (“we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information in Blip (the “App”), a QR code and barcode scanner for iPhone and iPad. If you have questions, contact us at tastegames13@gmail.com.

The short version

Blip reads codes on your device and shows you what they hold before anything is opened. Your scans stay on your device. The App has no accounts, no advertising, no third-party analytics, and no tracking, and we do not operate any server that receives data from the App. We do not collect, sell, or share your personal information.

The camera and your photos

With your permission, the App uses the camera to read QR codes and barcodes. The picture from the camera is processed on your device at that moment; it is not recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. You can withdraw the permission at any time in the Settings app, under Privacy & Security, Camera.

You can also scan a code from a picture you choose in the system photo picker; the App sees only the picture you pick and does not read your library. When you save a QR code you have made, the App asks for permission to add that one image to your photos.

Your scans

The codes you scan and the labels and stars you add are kept in a history on your device. They are not uploaded, not sent to us, and not shared with anyone. Wi-Fi passwords are kept only if you turn on “Keep sensitive scans”, and the secret of a two-factor code is never stored. You can delete a scan or clear the whole history at any time, and everything is removed when you delete the App.

If you export your history as a file, or share a code you have made, the file goes only where you choose to send it.

Contacts and calendar

When you tap “Add to contacts” or “Add to calendar” on a scanned code, the App opens the system’s own form with the details from the code filled in, and you decide whether to save it. The App does not read, copy, or send your contacts or your calendar.

When Blip uses the network

The App makes no network connection by itself. It connects only when you ask:

Opening a link. When you tap to open a scanned link, it opens in the in-app browser or in your browser, as you have chosen in the App’s settings. The website you visit then receives what any website receives from a visitor, such as your IP address, and its own privacy policy applies. The same is true of “Search the web” for a product code, which opens a DuckDuckGo search.

Reveal destination. When you tap this on a shortened link, your device contacts that link’s address directly to find out where it leads. The request goes to the server behind the link, which sees your IP address as it would if you opened the link; it does not pass through us, and we receive nothing.

Information we collect

We do not collect personal information through the App. Blip does not ask for your name, email address, or any other contact details, and it does not use advertising identifiers.

Purchases

Blip Pro is a one-time purchase processed by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive or store your payment card details, billing address, or Apple Account information. The App checks on your device, through Apple’s systems, whether the purchase has been made. Apple’s handling of your information is described in the Apple Privacy Policy.

Information Apple may share with us

If you have chosen on your device to share analytics with app developers, Apple may provide us with aggregated statistics and crash reports about the App. This information does not identify you. Apple also gives us aggregated sales reports.

When you contact us

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to write. We use this only to reply to you and to resolve your request, we keep it only for as long as that takes or as the law requires, and we do not sell or share it.

Children’s privacy

Blip is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children or from anyone else through the App. If you believe a child has sent us personal information by email, please contact us so that we can delete it.

Data retention and security

Because the App keeps its data on your device, that data is protected by the security of your device and stays there until you delete it or the App. We hold no copy of it.

International data processing

The App does not send your data to us, so it is not transferred to other countries by us. Websites you choose to open may be located anywhere. Email you send us is handled by our email provider and may be processed in countries other than the one where you live.

Your privacy rights

Subject to applicable law, including the General Data Protection Regulation in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, and privacy laws of states in the United States such as California, you may have rights of access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, and portability, and the right not to be discriminated against for using them. Since the App does not collect personal information, we generally hold nothing about you. You remain in control of the data on your device: you can withdraw the camera permission, export or clear your history, or delete the App at any time.

We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for targeted advertising. For correspondence you have sent us, you can ask us for a copy or to delete it by emailing tastegames13@gmail.com. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the App or our practices. Any updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Contact

For questions about this policy or Blip, contact Taste Games at tastegames13@gmail.com.