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from the free-coffee-and-donut-should-do-it dept.
A while back, we read about how Tim Hortons' app tracked users' movements throughout the day, whether the app was open or not. The tracker noted locations visited, including homes, workplaces, and competing coffee chains.
Now, after an investigation by Canada's privacy commissioner, to resolve a class action lawsuit, Tim Hortons have suggested a settlement:
Tim Hortons says it has reached a proposed settlement in multiple class-action lawsuits alleging the restaurant's mobile app violated customer privacy which would see the restaurant offer a free coffee and doughnut to affected users.
The company says the settlement, negotiated with the legal teams involved in the lawsuits, still requires court approval.
The coffee and doughnut chain says the deal would see eligible app users receive a free hot beverage and baked good.
Tim Hortons says in court documents it would also permanently delete any geolocation information it may have collected between April 1, 2019 and Sept. 30, 2020, and direct third-party service providers to do the same.
One free drink and a donut: We value your privacy (at a couple of bucks)?
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Thursday August 04 2022, @01:45PM (1 child)
You know what else is ubiquitous? Independent, non-franchised coffee shops where you can buy coffee, pastries, etc. just as conveniently without most of the profit going to a huge amoral corporation with lots of economic power to abuse, and whose only loyalty is to their own profit margins.
You're not buying convenience or quality by going to Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, etc., you're buying predictability. A completely predictable experience of ordering from a predictable menu and getting predictably mediocre items that some idiot off the street can be quickly trained to prepare for near-minimum wage.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday August 05 2022, @03:02AM
Those are the sorts of places I was after. When I was a kid there were lots of independent donut shops that made their own donuts, really good donuts, but the Donut Plant in Brooklyn I mentioned before is the only one I know of now.
We're about to start our family road trip tomorrow and I was hoping somebody might mention places between New York and the Rocky Mountains.
Washington DC delenda est.