Where can Christies International Real Estate find the data security policies they must comply with?
Christies_International_Real_Estate Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must ensure that any technology you use in connection with the Business, includes and maintains appropriate data security controls, and complies with our data security policies, which may be designated in our Operations Manual or otherwise by us from time to time, which include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) authentication mechanisms designed so that they cannot be bypassed to gain unauthorized access to systems, (ii) encryption; and (iii) undertaking password protection measures, such as protecting the form in which they are stored and complexity of character classes and password length.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 26–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Christies International Real Estate FDD, franchisees must ensure that any technology used in connection with the business includes and maintains appropriate data security controls. These data security policies may be designated in the Operations Manual or otherwise communicated by Christies International Real Estate from time to time.
The data security policies include, but are not limited to, authentication mechanisms designed to prevent unauthorized access, encryption, and password protection measures. These measures include protecting how passwords are stored and ensuring complexity in character classes and password length.
Christies International Real Estate also requires franchisees to provide an approved data feed from their MLS(s) to enable listing displays online. Failure to provide this data feed may result in limited access to certain services or tools within the Computer System, including proprietary software.