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Pizza Hut

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Pizza Hut
Basic information
Founded 1958-03-31
Legal Structure Public subsidiary
Industry Food
Also known as
Official website https://www.pizzahut.com/

Founded in May 31, 1958 in Whichia Kansas by Dan Carney and Frank Carney, Pizza Hut is an pizza restaurant chain that's a subsidiary to Yum! Brands. The company holds the third largest pizza chain behind Domino's and Hunt Brothers Pizza. [1]

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy
  • Business Model
  • Market Control

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Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Pizza Hut category.

2017 Data Breach

https://www.theregister.com/2017/10/16/pizza_hut_data_breach/

A response from Pizza Hut Spokesperson;

"Pizza Hut takes the information security of our customers very seriously and invests in resources to protect the customer information in our care. We value the trust our customers place in us, regret that this happened, and apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused" bruh just dont collect it in first place- (will delete but just wanna point out for now)

Pizza Hut 2023 Security Vulnerability

https://cybernews.com/news/yum-brands-data-leak-pizza-hut-taco-bell/

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/privacy/data-breach/kfc-pizza-hut-parent-company-suffers-data-breach-after-ransomware-attack/

https://www.safewise.com/au/pizza-hut-australia-hack/

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/21/pizza_hut_australia_data_breach/

https://www.securityweek.com/yum-brands-discloses-data-breach-following-ransomware-attack/

Lawsuits

Collect data regardless if consumer said no

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/pizza-hut-class-action-claims-restaurant-does-not-honor-requests-to-opt-out-of-text-messages/

See also

References

  1. "10 Largest pizza chains in the United States in 2026". ScrapeHero. 2026-01-15. Retrieved 2026-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)