Must Petro Stopping Center comply with email, spam, and privacy policies?
Petro_Stopping_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
l or limit all aspects of your use of e-commerce. You must follow all of our policies and procedures for the use and regulation of ecommerce, including all of our policies and procedures for customer referrals via e-commerce. We may require that you provide graphical, photographic, written or other forms of artistic or literary content to us for use in e-commerce activities associated with the Marks or the Petro System which we may designate. We may restrict your use of e-commerce to a centralized website, portal or network or other form of e-commerce that we designate or operate. We may restrict your advertising activities to the use of only the e-names we designate. We may require that you provide information to us via e-commerce. You agree to be bound by any e-mail, SPAM, unsolicited e-mail, terms of use, privacy and copyright notice and takedown policies and the like that we establish from time to time. We may require you to, at your expense, coordinate your ecommerce activities with us, and other Petro Centers, Approved Suppliers, Preferred Vendors and Affiliates. We may require you to participate in Intranet Systems we establish or designate and obtain the services of and pay the then-current fees for such services. You agree that you will not "opt-out" or otherwise ask to no longer receive e-mails from us or other participants in the Petro System.
Source: Item 14 — Other investments (FDD pages 131–208)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Petro Stopping Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must comply with the franchisor's established policies regarding electronic communications. Petro Stopping Center may require franchisees to adhere to email, SPAM, unsolicited email, terms of use, privacy, and copyright notice and takedown policies. Franchisees also agree not to opt out of receiving emails from Petro Stopping Center or other participants in the Petro System.
Petro Stopping Center may restrict a franchisee's advertising activities to using only designated e-names and may require franchisees to provide information via e-commerce. The franchisor may also require franchisees to coordinate their e-commerce activities with Petro Stopping Centers, approved suppliers, preferred vendors, and affiliates, potentially incurring expenses for coordination. Additionally, franchisees may be required to participate in Intranet Systems established or designated by Petro Stopping Center and pay the associated fees.
Petro Stopping Center retains ownership of all rights, title, and interest in websites and e-names used in connection with the Petro System, including any data collected via e-commerce. This data, including customer data, click-stream data, cookies, and user data, is considered confidential information belonging to Petro Stopping Center. These stipulations highlight the importance of franchisees understanding and adhering to Petro Stopping Center's standards for electronic communications and data management.