Kaspersky QR Scanner for Android

Data provision

April 5, 2023

ID 171566

You can view information about the data provided to AO Kaspersky Lab while using previous versions of the app:

Data provided to Kaspersky using Kaspersky QR Scanner 1.7.X.XXX and later

To comply with legislation, you agree to automatically provide the following information:

  • App ID
  • App version
  • Device ID
  • Installation ID
  • Agreement ID
  • Agreement version
  • User verdict
  • Verdict time

To improve operational protection, you agree to automatically provide the following information:

  • Redirect link type
  • App version
  • Device locale
  • Device operating system
  • App type

To provide the core functionality of the Software functionality, while you are using the Software, you agree to automatically provide the following information:

  • URL, which refers to the requested information
  • URL address of the page on which the scanned web address was published
  • URL protocol
  • Port number
  • Product type
  • User ID
  • Device ID
  • Product version
  • Platform type
  • Operating system version
  • Text information from QR code
  • Date of recognition of QR code
  • QR code type
  • URL category

On devices with the operating system Android 8 or higher version, a device ID may be generated using the hash sum of the Advertising ID and the device model. In case where a user has reset the value of the Advertising ID, new and old values will be provided from the device immediately after the reset.

To increase the level of protection of the information stored and processed on the computer, you agree to automatically provide the following information:

  • The version and type of the Software, version and type of operating system used, the installation ID of the Software on the computer
  • Data to obtain the reputation of the scanned web address, and its URL, protocol ID and port number, as well as the URL address of the page on which the scanned web address was published
  • Device ID

For the purposes of allowing the Rightholder to create effective marketing and informational materials, you agree to automatically provide the following information to AppsFlyer:

  • User’s computer information: device brand, model, type, factory image name, platform extension, country code, language, currency code; OS SDK version, CPU architecture, CPU ABI architecture, device display, battery charge type, battery level.
  • Sensors data: accelerometer, magnetometer; information about the network type connection, service provider, mobile operator.
  • Name and version of the installed software, Google install referrer, a flag whether uninstall tracking is enabled, GCM token.
  • Date, time and name of the event about which data is sent, time between launches, event parameter, event counter, unique AppsFlyer transaction ID.
  • Information about Advertiser ID: Advertiser ID, a flag indicating a way Advertising ID is collected, a flag indicating whether Advertiser ID is enabled.
  • Information about the AppsFlyer used in the software: AppsFlyer key, AppsFlyer events API version, presence of other AppsFlyer SDKs, unique AppsFlyer installation ID, AppsFlyer SDK version, a flag indicating whether AppsFlyer was pre-installed on the device, GCD conversion data timing.

Data is forwarded to AppsFlyer over a secure channel. Information about how data is processed in AppsFlyer is published at: https://www.appsflyer.com/privacy-policy/.

The data to be processed depend on which application store You use.

  • Google Play Market is installed

To improve application performance and help us analyze user satisfaction, you agree to submit the following data to Firebase service automatically:

  • Information about Software installed on the Computer: instance ID, version, name of the store where the application was obtained, timestamp of the first launch of the Software
  • Information about the use of the Software: event type and value, format of unsupported code, number of transitions in the integrated browser, number of saved codes
  • Information about the Users’ Computer where the Software is installed: Computer brand, category and model, version and language (locale) of the operating system; information about whether the application was first opened in the last 7 days or more than 7 days ago
  • Advertising ID, Android ID
  • Information about the User: User’s age category and gender, country of residence, and list of interests
  • The provider of the Third-Party service processes information in accordance with its privacy policy. You can find and read its complete content at https://www.firebase.com/terms/privacy-policy.html.
  • Huawei AppGallery is installed

To improve application performance and help us analyze user satisfaction, You agree to submit the following data to Huawei service automatically:

  • Advertising ID
  • Android ID
  • User device name
  • ROM version number
  • EMUI version number
  • Device model
  • Application package name
  • Full version of the Software
  • Channel number
  • SDK name
  • OS ID
  • Version of the operating system
  • Device language code
  • Product/hardware manufacturer
  • Device screen height
  • Device screen width
  • Date and time when the Software was updated
  • Date and time when the Software was first launched
  • Date and time when the Software was installed
  • Event type and value
  • Software ID
  • Version number of the HMS Core Scan SDK
  • API ID
  • Result code indicating whether the scan was successful
  • Average API delay per second
  • Start time of API call
  • Randomly generated transaction ID
  • Mobile carrier code
  • Network type
  • Country code
  • Device type
  • Device category
  • Total number of API calls per second
  • Number of program errors per second
  • Number of codes scanned per second
  • Barcode format
  • Scenario type corresponding to the barcode content
  • Minimum barcode parsing time per second
  • Maximum barcode parsing time per second
  • Histogram of image sizes
  • API algorithm name
  • HMS Core version

The provider of the Third-Party service processes information in accordance with its privacy policy. You can find and read its complete content at https://consumer.huawei.com/en/privacy/privacy-policy/.

Kaspersky protects the information received in accordance with applicable governing law and Kaspersky's rules. Data is transmitted over a secure channel.

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