What is included in the 'Confidential Information' that Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham protects?
Hawthorn_Suites_By_Wyndham Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 3.3.3 Our Right to Obtain Access to Other Accounts and Services. Some of the Products and/or Services may require you to give us access to or require you to provide your login information and/or password information for accounts or Products and/or Services you may have with Third Party providers. When you provide this information to us or give us access to these Third Party accounts or Products and/or Services, you agree that all contracts and written agreements governing such access, login information and passwords provide the required contractual and legal rights to give us such access, login information and passwords. We agree that all such login information and passwords provided by you to us shall be considered your as Confidential Information and be treated as such by us in accordance with the Agreement and this Schedule.
Examples of Personal Information include, but are not limited to, names, phone numbers, addresses, credit card information, social security numbers, and/or account or financial information of Service Providers or its Affiliates, employees, franchisees, members, sales associates, brokers, or customers.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 92)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham considers login information and passwords for third-party accounts or Products and/or Services that a franchisee provides to them as Confidential Information. This includes situations where the franchisee is required to give Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham access to these third-party accounts for certain Products and/or Services.
Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham agrees to treat this login information and passwords as confidential, adhering to the terms outlined in the franchise agreement and its schedules. This means Hawthorn Suites By Wyndham is obligated to protect this information with a level of care no less than what they use to protect their own confidential information.
Furthermore, examples of personal information include names, phone numbers, addresses, credit card information, social security numbers, and/or account or financial information of Service Providers or its Affiliates, employees, franchisees, members, sales associates, brokers, or customers.