To whom can a City Wide franchisee divulge confidential information?
City_Wide Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 9.2 Franchisee will divulge such Confidential Information only to the extent and only to those of Franchisee's employees who must have access to operate the Franchised Business. All information, knowledge and know-how, including, without limitation, specifications and standards concerning the operation of the Franchised Business and other data which CITY WIDE designates as Confidential Information, will be deemed confidential for purposes of this Agreement.
- 9.3 Due to the special and unique nature of the Confidential Information, Marks, Operating Manual and Software, Franchisee acknowledges that CITY WIDE will be entitled to immediate equitable remedies, including but not limited to, restraining orders and injunctive relief in order to safeguard such proprietary, confidential, unique, and special information of CITY WIDE and that money damages alone would be an insufficient remedy with which to compensate CITY WIDE for any breach of the terms of Sections 5, 8 and 9 of this Agreement. Furthermore, Franchisee agrees that Franchisee will require all Franchisee's employees who have access to the Confidential Information and Software of CITY WIDE to execute a confidentiality agreement in a form acceptable to CITY WIDE which is substantially like to Attachment E to this Agreement.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 65)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to City Wide's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee can only share confidential information with their employees who need access to it in order to operate the franchised business. City Wide considers all information, knowledge, and know-how related to the operation of the franchised business, including specifications and standards, as confidential.
City Wide emphasizes the importance of protecting this confidential information, as it is proprietary and a trade secret. The franchisee must maintain absolute confidentiality during and after the term of the agreement and cannot use the information in any other business without written authorization from City Wide.
To further protect this information, City Wide requires franchisees to have their employees who have access to confidential information sign a confidentiality agreement. This agreement must be in a form acceptable to City Wide and substantially similar to Attachment E of the Franchise Agreement. This ensures that employees are also legally bound to protect City Wide's confidential information.