Where can a Belocal franchisee find the policies for using any online presence?
Belocal Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We have the right to require you to obtain our consent to create or operate Online Presences that are related to us, the System, the Marks, any publication, or your Franchised Business. For any Online Presence you are permitted (by express consent or by general policy) to create and operate, we reserve the right to be exercised at our option to have the Online Presence directly owned or controlled by us during the term of the Franchise Agreement or to require it to be transferred to us after the expiration or termination of the Franchise Agreement. Similarly, you must provide us, on request, with credentials and login information to any such Online Presence. Your use of any Online Presence must comply with the policies in the Franchise Brand Standards Manual and other brand guidelines. We can revoke your permission to use any Online Presence at any time.
Typically, the types of Online Presences we will permit you to create and operate are social media sites for the Publication. Failure to comply with any social media policies we may establish may be a default under the Franchise Agreement. You must grant us administrative access to each of the social media sites you use, however, we do not regularly monitor or control the content of these social media sites, including the content you post.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 37–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Belocal's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the policies for using any online presence can be found in the Franchise Brand Standards Manual and other brand guidelines. Belocal has the right to require franchisees to obtain their consent to create or operate online presences related to Belocal, the System, the Marks, any publication, or the franchisee's Franchised Business.
Belocal also reserves the right to directly own or control any online presence a franchisee is permitted to create and operate during the term of the Franchise Agreement, or to require it to be transferred to them after the agreement expires or terminates. Franchisees must provide Belocal with credentials and login information for any such online presence upon request.
Failure to comply with any social media policies Belocal establishes may be considered a default under the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees must grant Belocal administrative access to each of their social media sites, though Belocal does not regularly monitor or control the content posted on these sites.