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In June of 2022, reports in Canada went viral regarding the Tim Hortons Android app which was collecting personal information from users phones without consent. Tim Hortons used a third-party service, Radar, to collect geolocation data of users. it is alleged that they stopped this practice in August of 2020. One of the pieces of data reported back to the Tim Hortons servers included information about when a person with this app on their phone was visiting a competitor coffee shop.  
In June of 2022, reports in Canada went viral regarding the Tim Hortons Android app which was collecting personal information from users phones without consent. Tim Hortons used a third-party service, Radar, to collect geolocation data of users. it is alleged that they stopped this practice in August of 2020. One of the pieces of data reported back to the Tim Hortons servers included information about when a person with this app on their phone was visiting a competitor coffee shop.