What is the Clean Your Dirty Face franchisee's responsibility regarding compliance with the U.S. Patriot Act?
Clean_Your_Dirty_Face Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must secure and maintain all required licenses, permits and certificates relating to your Business and must at all times operate your Business in full compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances and regulations. You agree to comply and assist us in our compliance efforts with any and all laws and regulations, including those relating to truth in lending, beauty and spa businesses licensing of estheticians, safety and sanitation, truth in advertising, occupational hazards, health and anti-discrimination laws, and anti-terrorist activities or the conduct of transactions involving certain foreign parties, including, without limitation, the U.S. Patriot Act, Executive Order 13224, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-terrorism Financing Act, the Export Administration Act, the Arms Export Control Act, the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, and related U.S. Treasury and/or other regulations). In connection with such compliance efforts, you agree not to enter into any prohibited transactions and to properly perform any currency reporting and other activities relating to your Business as may be required by us or by law. You confirm that you, your owners, employees, agents, and representatives are not presently listed (nor has any such individual previously been listed) on the U.S. Treasury Department's List of Specially Designated Nationals, the Annex to Executive Order 13224 (the Annex is currently available at http://www.treasury.gov), or in any other governmental list which prohibits us or you from dealing with such individuals, and agree not to hire any person so listed or have any dealing with a person so listed. You are solely responsible for ascertaining what actions must be taken by you to comply with all such laws, orders and/or regulations, and specifically acknowledge and agree that your indemnification responsibilities (as provided in Section 16.D) apply to your obligations under this Section.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 54)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Clean Your Dirty Face Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must comply with all applicable laws and regulations while operating their business. This includes assisting Clean Your Dirty Face in its compliance efforts with laws and regulations related to anti-terrorist activities, such as the U.S. Patriot Act, Executive Order 13224, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and others.
As part of these compliance efforts, Clean Your Dirty Face franchisees must not engage in any prohibited transactions and must properly perform any currency reporting or other activities required by Clean Your Dirty Face or by law. Franchisees confirm that they, their owners, employees, agents, and representatives are not listed on the U.S. Treasury Department's List of Specially Designated Nationals or any other governmental list that prohibits Clean Your Dirty Face or the franchisee from dealing with such individuals. Franchisees also agree not to hire or deal with any person on such lists.
Clean Your Dirty Face franchisees are solely responsible for determining the actions they must take to comply with all applicable laws, orders, and regulations. They also acknowledge that their indemnification responsibilities apply to their obligations under this section, meaning they are responsible for covering any losses or damages Clean Your Dirty Face incurs due to the franchisee's failure to comply with these laws.