To whom am I allowed to divulge Spray Net's Confidential Information?
Spray_Net Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
During the term of the Franchise Agreement and/or Option Agreement, you will receive information which we consider trade secrets and confidential information. You may not, during the term of the Franchise Agreement/Option Agreement or any time after that, communicate, divulge, or use for the benefit of any other person, partnership, association, corporation, or limited liability company any of these trade secrets, copyrighted materials, methods and other techniques and know-how concerning the operation of the Franchised Business (the "Confidential Information"). You may divulge such Confidential Information only to your employees who must have access to it in order to perform their employment obligations.
Source: Item 14 — PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (FDD pages 53–55)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Spray Net's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, as a franchisee, you will receive information considered trade secrets and confidential information during the term of the Franchise Agreement or Option Agreement. This confidential information includes copyrighted materials, methods, techniques, and know-how concerning the operation of the franchised business.
The FDD states that you are prohibited from communicating, divulging, or using this confidential information for the benefit of any other person, partnership, association, corporation, or limited liability company during the term of the Franchise Agreement/Option Agreement and at any time after that.
The only exception to this is that you may share confidential information with your employees, but only those who require access to it in order to fulfill their employment obligations. This means you must carefully control who within your staff has access to sensitive information about Spray Net's business operations.