What is the franchisee prohibited from doing with All Team's Confidential Information?
All_Team Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
FRANCHISEE shall not, during the term of this Agreement, or after termination, expiration of the Agreement or Transfer, communicate or divulge to anyone, any information or knowledge concerning the products, services, standards, procedures, techniques, sales information, profit margins, marketing procedures, expansion plans, clients, rates, fees and terms and other information or material which ATFC may designate as confidential, including the Confidential Operations Manual, nor shall FRANCHISEE disclose or divulge in whole or in part any trade secrets or operating procedures of ATFC or its affiliates, customer lists, sales and promotional information, employee lists, financial information furnished or disclosed to FRANCHISEE by ATFC and any other information with respect of ATFC, unless such information is generally known and in the public domain, and except to the extent necessary to operate the Agency ("Confidential Information"). All employees of FRANCHISEE will exercise the highest degree of diligence and make every effort to maintain the absolute confidentiality of all trade secrets and proprietary rights during and after the term of this Agreement, and shall require all supervisory personnel to execute a Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreement in a form acceptable to ATFC.
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD page 27)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All Team's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are restricted from communicating or sharing confidential information during and after the term of the Franchise Agreement. This restriction extends to the agreement's termination, expiration, or transfer. The confidential information includes a wide array of sensitive data related to All Team's operations.
Specifically, franchisees cannot divulge information or knowledge about All Team's products, services, standards, procedures, techniques, sales information, profit margins, marketing procedures, expansion plans, clients, rates, fees, and terms. This also includes any material that All Team designates as confidential, such as the Confidential Operations Manual. Franchisees are also prohibited from disclosing trade secrets, operating procedures, customer lists, sales and promotional information, employee lists, and financial information provided by All Team.
The only exception to this non-disclosure obligation is for information that is already generally known and in the public domain, or to the extent necessary to operate the All Team agency. Furthermore, All Team requires franchisees to ensure that their employees maintain the confidentiality of all trade secrets and proprietary rights, both during and after their employment. Supervisory personnel must also sign a Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreement to this effect.