What are the obligations of a Restricted Person regarding Angry Chickz's Confidential Information?
Angry_Chickz Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ARTICLE 8 CONFIDENTIALITY; NON-COMPETITION
8.1 Confidentiality
- 8.1.1 Restricted Persons may have access to proprietary and Confidential Information, including the Standards, procedures, concepts and methods and techniques of developing and operating a Restaurant. Company may disclose certain of its Confidential Information to Restricted Persons in the operations manuals(s), bulletins, supplements, confidential correspondence, or other communications, and through Company's training program and other guidance and management assistance. No Restricted Person shall acquire any interest in the Confidential Information other than the right to use it in developing a Restaurant. A Restricted Person's duplication or use of the Confidential Information in any other endeavor or business shall constitute an unfair method of competition. Each Restricted Person shall: (i) not use the Confidential Information in any business or other endeavor other than in connection with the development of Restaurants; (ii) refrain from disclosing the Confidential Information and maintain the absolute confidentiality of the Confidential Information during and after the Term; and (iii) make no unauthorized copy of any portion of the Confidential Information, including the operations manual(s), bulletins, supplements, confidential correspondence, or other confidential communications, whether written or oral. Developer shall implement reasonable procedures prevent unauthorized use and disclosure of the Confidential Information. If Developer has any reason to believe that any employee or Restricted Person has improperly used or disclo
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 54–260)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Angry Chickz FDD, a Restricted Person, who may have access to proprietary and Confidential Information, including the Standards, procedures, concepts and methods and techniques of developing and operating a Restaurant, has specific obligations regarding this information. Angry Chickz may disclose its Confidential Information to Restricted Persons through operations manuals, bulletins, supplements, confidential correspondence, training programs, and other guidance.
A Restricted Person does not acquire any interest in the Confidential Information beyond the right to use it for developing an Angry Chickz Restaurant. Duplication or use of this information in any other business is considered unfair competition. Therefore, a Restricted Person must not use the Confidential Information in any business other than developing Angry Chickz Restaurants, must maintain absolute confidentiality during and after their term, and must not make unauthorized copies of any Confidential Information, whether written or oral.
Furthermore, the developer is required to implement reasonable procedures to prevent unauthorized use and disclosure of the Confidential Information. If the developer believes that any employee or Restricted Person has improperly used or disclosed the information, they have further obligations that are not detailed in the excerpt.