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Accidental scans of a Driyu tag: what actually happens?
A friendly stranger pets your dog and accidentally scans the tag. Nothing is wrong. What happens next? Almost nothing — and that is intentional.
The Driyu team
Pet safety editorial
Quick answer: A bare scan opens the public scan page in the finder’s browser. It does NOT trigger an owner notification by itself. Notifications are reserved for the moment a finder submits the found-pet report form.
Why bare scans do not trigger notifications
False alarms train owners to ignore the system. A curious neighbor petting your dog should not become a 2 AM alert. The notification model reserves alerts for the deliberate “I’m a finder, here is my message” event — the form submission.
What the finder sees on a bare scan
Pet name, photo, description, microchip number (when populated), medical alerts (when populated), and the contact fields under your toggles. Plus the found-pet report form. If Lost Mode is on, an urgency banner.
The narrower secondary alert path
When the pet is in Lost Mode AND the finder is prompted to share location but declines, the owner gets a separate alert so you know engagement happened, even without a full report.
Multiple scans
Each scan opens the same page. Information shown is the same. Driyu does not surface a public log of every scan to the owner — intentionally, to avoid false-alarm fatigue.
How Driyu fits
Bare scan = curious look. Submitted report = real signal. Lost Mode = urgency layer. The notification model reserves alerts for action.
Related reads from Driyu
- When Driyu notifies the owner and when it does not
- What happens when someone scans your pet’s QR tag
- Lost Mode explained
Sources and further reading
Frequently asked questions
Will I see who scanned my pet’s tag?
Driyu does not surface a public log of every scan. When a finder submits the found-pet form, you receive a notification with their message.
What if my own kid scans the tag?
Same as anyone else — the public scan page opens; no notification fires.
Does scanning cost the finder anything?
No. Phone camera + web browser. No app required.
Can a stranger learn more by repeated scans?
No. Each scan shows the same public information.
