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Restaurant Brands International
Basic information
Founded 2014-12-15
Legal Structure Public
Industry Food
Also known as
Official website http://rbi.com/

Restaurant Brands International Inc. is a Canadian company founded in 2014 that operates fast-food chains through a $12.5 billion merger between Burger King and Tim Hortons, later being expanded with Popeyes purchase in 2017, and Firehouse Subs in 2021.

Consumer impact summary

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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

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

Using customers' voices to train their AI models (2025)

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Main article: Restaurant Brands International caught training AI models using customer voices

Hackers using the aliases of "BobtheHacker" and "BobtheShoplifter" posted on Reddit and Hacker News revealing that Restaurant Brands International is retaining recordings of customers' drive-thru orders and feeding it into an AI model without prior knowledge or consent. Hours later, a DMCA claim was filed by Cyble Inc against the hackers, citing misuse of their trademark and falsifying information.

Products

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This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.


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See also

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References

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