Restaurant Brands Sued Over Tracking on Firehouse Subs Website

Restaurant Brands International Inc. is facing a federal proposed class action over disclosing consumers’ personal information to Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc., and TikTok Inc. via tracking tools on its Firehouse Subs website.

Steve Hugi’s lawsuit, filed Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleges that Restaurant Brands allowed the tracking tools to collect user information arising from their interactions on the site.

The tracking tools function like illegal wiretaps that intercept user communications in real time, he said.

Restaurant Brands didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment. Google, Meta, and ...