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A comment on Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amounts’ of location data. Parent comment

Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by chinathrow on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:31AM (#31592396)
Why is that tracking even a thing?
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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by tpxl on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:07AM (#31593176)
There are plenty of very good reasons to track vehicle locations (ex. new road planning, maintenance). Problem is, there are plenty more, more profitable, reasons to do so (ex. invading your privacy to sell you ads).
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