Is All Dogs Unleashed obligated to establish and maintain an intranet or extranet system?
All_Dogs_Unleashed Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Intranet/Extranet System.
Franchisor may, at its option, establish and maintain an intranet or extranet system through which members of ALL DOGS UNLEASHED franchise network may communicate and through which Franchisor may disseminate updates to the Manuals and other Confidential Information.
Franchisor will have no obligation to establish or to maintain the intranet indefinitely, and may dismantle it at any time without liability to you.
Franchisor may establish policies and procedures for the intranet's use.
Franchisor expects to adopt and adhere to a reasonable privacy policy.
However, you acknowledge that, as administrator of the intranet, Franchisor can access and view any communication that anyone posts on the intranet.
You further acknowledge that the intranet facility and all communications that are posted to it will become Franchisor's property, free of any claims of privacy or privilege that you or any other individual may assert.
If you fail to pay when due any amount payable to Franchisor under this Agreement, or if you fail to comply with any policy or procedure governing the intranet, Franchisor may temporarily suspend your access to any chat room, bulletin board, listserv, or similar feature the intranet includes until such time as you fully cure the breach.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 49–158)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 All Dogs Unleashed Franchise Disclosure Document, All Dogs Unleashed is not obligated to establish or maintain an intranet or extranet system. The FDD states that All Dogs Unleashed "may, at its option, establish and maintain an intranet or extranet system".
This means that All Dogs Unleashed has the discretion to decide whether or not to implement such a system for communication and information sharing within the franchise network. Furthermore, All Dogs Unleashed is not obligated to maintain the intranet indefinitely and can dismantle it at any time without incurring liability to the franchisee.
If All Dogs Unleashed chooses to implement an intranet or extranet, it can establish policies and procedures for its use and will have access to all communications posted on it. Franchisees should be aware that any content posted on the intranet becomes the property of All Dogs Unleashed, without any claims of privacy or privilege. All Dogs Unleashed may suspend a franchisee's access to the intranet if the franchisee fails to pay amounts due or comply with intranet policies.