Can the franchisor modify the privacy restrictions for a Pearce Bespoke Franchise?
Pearce_Bespoke Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
At all times, Franchisee must maintain credit card relationships with the credit and debit card issuers or sponsors, check or credit verification services, financial-center services, and electronic-fundstransfer systems that Franchisor designates, and Franchisee must not use any such services or providers that Franchisor has not approved in writing. Franchisor has the right to modify its requirements and designate additional approved or required methods of payments and vendors for processing such payments. Franchisee must comply with all credit card policies. The Franchisee must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ("PCI DSS") as they may be revised and modified by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council or its successor organization, FACTA and any other card payment standards Franchisor may specify.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Pearce Bespoke Franchise Disclosure Document, Pearce Bespoke has the right to modify requirements related to methods of payment. Specifically, Pearce Bespoke can designate additional approved or required methods of payments and vendors for processing such payments. The franchisee must also comply with all credit card policies.
Pearce Bespoke franchisees must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) as they may be revised and modified by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council or its successor organization, FACTA, and any other card payment standards Pearce Bespoke may specify.
In addition, Pearce Bespoke will establish the rules from time to time under which franchisees will establish their own website or separately use the internet, and Franchisee shall be required to strictly abide by all such rules and follow the then current form of Internet Code of Conduct.