What is the required action for a Hydrodog franchisee to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (c) Will not make unauthorized copies of any Confidential Information disclosed via electronic medium or in written or other tangible form; and
- (d) will adopt and implement all reasonable procedures that we periodically prescribe to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information, including, without limitation, restricting its disclosure to Franchised Business personnel and others needing to know such Confidential Information to operate your HydroDog Business, and requiring all employees and independent contractors having access to Confidential Information to sign confidentiality and non-competition agreements in a form acceptable to us. We have the right to regulate the form of confidentiality and non-competition agreement that you use and to be a third-party beneficiary of that agreement with independent enforcement rights.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 43–166)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must adhere to specific measures to protect confidential information. These include not making unauthorized copies of confidential information in any form and implementing all reasonable procedures that Hydrodog periodically prescribes.
To prevent unauthorized use or disclosure, franchisees must restrict disclosure of confidential information to only those personnel and others who need it to operate the HydroDog Business. Furthermore, franchisees must ensure that all employees and independent contractors who have access to confidential information sign confidentiality and non-competition agreements in a form acceptable to Hydrodog.
Hydrodog retains the right to regulate the form of these confidentiality and non-competition agreements and to be a third-party beneficiary with independent enforcement rights. These measures collectively aim to safeguard Hydrodog's proprietary information and maintain a competitive advantage.