PlainWarranty Editorial

PlainWarranty Editorial

Product Warranties Editorial Team

Kiznis Studio

Background

PlainWarranty is a data journalism portal by Kiznis Studio that examines home warranty and service-contract companies using public-record data. Content is compiled by our editorial team. The team draws on FTC Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA) guidance, state attorney-general consumer protection filings, CFPB consumer complaint records, and published plan documentation. PlainWarranty is informational and does not provide legal advice. To maintain impartiality, the team does not accept payment from entities it covers.

Editorial approach

The PlainWarranty Editorial editorial process follows Kiznis Studio's Editorial Standards for Data Journalism. Every dataset we cover is traced back to its originating public source — federal agencies, state registries, or authoritative third parties — and we publish the provenance of each statistic so readers can verify it independently. We do not accept compensation, sponsorship, or influence from entities we cover.

When we present derived numbers (rankings, ratios, comparisons), the methodology page documents exactly how the figure was computed. If a number cannot be computed consistently across every entity in the dataset, we either disclose the gap or omit the comparison rather than present misleading data.

How content is produced

Data ingestion and computation are handled by deterministic pipelines — every numeric value, ranking, and ratio shown on a data page comes directly from the upstream source agency, unmodified. Plain-language summaries, explanations, and editorial framing are drafted from the source data by our editorial team and reviewed against the official notice for accuracy before publication.

Source attribution is shown on every page; the methodology underlying any derived figure is documented at the link above. We follow the guidance of Google Search Central's Helpful Content principles — write for readers, document sources, and disclose the editorial process — and welcome any factual flag at the contact link below.

Corrections and feedback

If you find an error, stale figure, or missing context on any page we publish, please write to hello@plainwarranty.com with the URL and the issue. We aim to respond within 72 hours and to publish corrections with a visible revision note.

Areas of focus

  • product warranties
  • consumer protection data
  • public dataset analysis

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