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• christocracy 6y ago
  Tim Hortons in Canada is being probed for using Radar Labs in their mobile app. "Tim Hortons' parent company, Toronto-based Restaurant Brands partners with Radar Labs, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company , which provides location-based data analytics, and helps the Tims app to identify when users are near competing fast-food restaurants and coffee shops." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-privacy-watchdog-launches-probe-into-tim-hortons-use-of-mobile-app/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-privacy-wat...
  • addicted 6y ago
    This sounds like a lack of full disclosure and/or the app not placing appropriate limits. This hardly seems like an issue with the underlying API.
  • CapriciousCptl 6y ago
    Heh, Burger King did that to offer $0.01 whopper coupons but I guess the difference is the app had to be in use and known to the user to recognize the location-- https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/04/burger-king-penny-whopper-promotion-mcdonalds/2197166002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/04/burger-king-...
    • tosser8475 6y ago
      BK & Timmy's are owned by the same parent company. Hmmm.