Are Crawl Space Ninja software tools and applications considered confidential information?
Crawl_Space_Ninja Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
solely for the purpose of operating the Franchised Business; provided that, this license shall automatically and irrevocably terminate, without any additional action or notice required by Franchisor, upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.
- 12.3.4. Franchisor may require Franchisee, at Franchisee's sole expense, to enter into software license agreements in the form that Franchisor requires for software Franchisor develops or acquires for use in the System.
- 12.3.5. Franchisee shall have and maintain adequate hardware and software in order to access the Internet at the speed required by Franchisor from time to time. Franchisee shall utilize the electronic mail account provided by Franchisor. Franchisee shall promptly read and respond to all electronic mail related to the Franchised Business no less often than on a daily basis and shall accept and acknowledge receipt of all electronic mail sent by Franchisor. Franchisee shall not establish any website or other listing on the Internet except as provided and specifically permitted herein.
- 12.3.6. Franchisor has established a website that provides information about the System and the products and services offered by the Crawl Space Ninja System (the "Website"). Franchisor has sole discretion and control over the Website. Franchisor shall include a listing on its Website linking Franchisee's Franchised Business location. Franchisee has no ownership or other proprietary rights to Franchisor's website and Franchisee will lose all rights to such link to Franchisee's location upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason.
- 12.3.7. In addition to the requirements of Section 6.4, Franchisee shall pay all fees, whether to Franchisor or to third party vendor(s), and expenses for technology required by this Agreement for operation of the Franchised Business, including but not limited to, the costs of computer hardware and software and applications, installation costs and regularly recurring fees for software and digital menu displays, Internet access, license fees, help desk fees, and licensing or user-based fees.
- 12.4. Safety and Security of Premises.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 51)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Crawl Space Ninja's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the software that Crawl Space Ninja develops or acquires for use in the System may require the franchisee to enter into a software license agreement.
Customer data collected or provided by the franchisee, retrieved from the franchisee's POS system, or otherwise collected from the franchisee by Crawl Space Ninja or provided to Crawl Space Ninja, is owned exclusively by Crawl Space Ninja and will be considered Crawl Space Ninja's proprietary and confidential information. Crawl Space Ninja has the right to use such data in any manner without compensation to the franchisee. Crawl Space Ninja licenses to the franchisee the use of such data solely for the purpose of operating the franchised business; provided that, this license will automatically and irrevocably terminate upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Agreement.
Crawl Space Ninja requires that franchisees maintain adequate hardware and software to access the Internet at the speed required by Crawl Space Ninja from time to time and utilize the electronic mail account provided by Crawl Space Ninja. Franchisees must promptly read and respond to all electronic mail related to the franchised business no less often than on a daily basis and must accept and acknowledge receipt of all electronic mail sent by Crawl Space Ninja. Franchisees cannot establish any website or other listing on the Internet except as provided and specifically permitted in the Franchise Agreement.