“As part of the proposed settlement agreement, eligible app users will receive a free hot beverage and a free baked good,” read the email sent to Tim Hortons app users on Friday. Now, Tim’s has a settlement proposal that is awaiting approval from court but it might not be worth all that user data you unknowingly provided them with. While this happened between Apand September 30, 2020, it was only made public in June 2022 following the investigation. Sensitive information, such as users’ minute-by-minute movements and location data, was tracked by the app, even when it wasn’t open. In June 2020, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada began an investigation and found out that the Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws. The coffee chain landed a national class-action lawsuit when it was revealed that it had tracked “vast amounts” of information from Canadians through its app for years.
If you have the Tim Hortons app installed on your phone, you might have gotten an email about a proposed lawsuit settlement today.
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