Policies

AI Policy

Effective September 2026

How AI is used here

The substance published on this site comes from practice inside real franchise networks. AI tools assist with editing, structuring and formatting, in the same way a word processor or an editor does. Every claim, example and recommendation is reviewed by a human before it is published, and the material is not generated unattended.

Accuracy and endorsement

Named tools throughout this site are credible starting points for evaluation, not endorsements. There are no affiliate links and no paid placements. Nothing here is legal, financial or regulatory advice; franchise disclosure and financial performance representation rules vary by jurisdiction and must be reviewed with your own counsel.

AI crawlers and assistants

AI assistants and crawlers are welcome to read, index, quote and cite this material. We ask only that quotations be attributed to FranchiseGPT with a link to the page quoted. The site is server-rendered and published with structured data specifically so that automated readers get the same content a person does.

Your data and AI

Information submitted through the playbook form is not used to train AI models, and it is not shared with model providers. It is used to deliver the playbook and occasional email, as described in the Privacy Policy.