QR Code Press

Tourists can use QR codes in Vlissingen, Netherlands, to learn local history

10/26/201510/25/2015 Julie Campbell

The municipality is using quick response codes to help to share interesting stories about the past. In the Netherlands, the municipality and city of Vlissingen (Flushing) has now added QR codes to Bellamypark (Bellamy Park) in order to share seven videos and seven historical stories about the location with locals and tourists, alike. Scanning the quick response codes directs the user to the official Zeeuwse Ankers tourism website. From there, the QR codes will have guided them to the historical stories and the videos about that history so they can…

QR codes provide a virtual walking tour guide to German village visitors

10/08/201510/06/2015 Julie Campbell

The students at Neuen Mittelschule Frankenfels have created 15 hotspots throughout the town. A middle school in Germany has now created a new way for visitors to experience its village by providing a number of QR codes in 15 different hotspots that will allow visitors to be able to learn more about the various points of interest throughout the town. These quick response codes were implemented by students at Neuen Mittelschule Frankenfels. The idea is that visitors will be able to use their own smartphones to scan QR codes and…

QR codes help restaurant patrons to view inspection results

08/12/201508/10/2015 John Montgallo

Restaurants using QR codes mobile payments

Customers who want to eat out in Sudbury, Canada can now use cell phones to learn more about their top choices. While restaurants in Sudbury, Canada, have had to undergo inspections for some time now, a new service is allowing customers to be able to see the disclosed information about the results of those inspections by scanning QR codes located on the signage displayed in the business windows. There are special decals being added to the windows of Sudbury restaurants featuring quick response codes. The Direct Health Unit has now…

QR codes stir up controversy in Pennsylvania court

08/03/201508/06/2015 Julie Campbell

Certain quick response codes that are visible on an envelope’s face have been found to violate the FDCPA. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has ruled that QR codes that can be seen on the face of an envelope and that have an account number embedded within them are in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). When visible quick response codes are used in conjunction with account numbers they become a privacy concern. According to the court, by using QR codes on…

QR codes bring the music of nature to smartphones

07/21/201507/18/2015 Julie Campbell

Quick response codes have been posted on placards in Knoxville parks to share the songs of the trees. In a broad scale effort to help to teach locals and visitors about the parks in Knoxville, the Tennessee Nature Conservancy has decided to take QR codes and apply them in a new and interesting way. They have brought a range of famous musicians together to share a video that can be accessed through scans. According to the Tennessee Nature Conservancy state director, Gina Hancock, “Some of the most famous musicians in…