Does the Cicis Franchise Agreement outline requirements for 'Branded E-mail'?
Cicis Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ranchisees can communicate by e-mail or similar electronic means. If we develop an Intranet, you will use our Intranet in accordance with all applicable Laws and in strict compliance with the standards, protocols, and restrictions that we include in the Manuals (including standards, protocols, and restrictions relating to the encryption of Confidential Information and prohibitions against the transmission of libelous, derogatory, or defamatory statements).
J. Branded E-mail. We reserve the right to require you to obtain from us and use an e-mail address associated with our registered domain name. If we require you to obtain and use an e-mail address, you must do so according to our then-current System Standards. You acknowledge and agree that we will have unrestricted access to all such e-mail accounts, and all documents, data, materials, and messages shared from or by such accounts. We may deactivate any such account or limit your or your users' access to it at any time. You acknowledge and agree that you will use such e-mail address only in connection with the operation of your Restaurant and in compliance with all Laws.
8. MARKS
- A. Agreements Regarding the Marks. You understand, acknowledge and agree that:
- (1) The license to use the Marks is derived entirely from this Agreement and is non-exclusive except and only to the extent we expressly agree in this Agreement not to use or permit the use of the Marks.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 64–65)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cicis's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Franchise Agreement addresses branded email. Cicis reserves the right to require franchisees to obtain and use an email address associated with their registered domain name. If Cicis requires this, the franchisee must adhere to the then-current System Standards.
Cicis retains unrestricted access to all such email accounts, including all documents, data, materials, and messages shared through them. Cicis can deactivate any account or limit access at any time. Franchisees must use the branded email address only in connection with their restaurant operations and in compliance with all applicable laws.
The Franchise Agreement also states that franchisees cannot use Cicis's Marks or any associated names as part of any email address. Additionally, franchisees need written consent from Cicis before transmitting advertisements or solicitations by email or other electronic media, and they are responsible for complying with all laws pertaining to sending emails, including the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.