Terms of Use

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Last updated: February 2026

Acceptance

By using PlainCompare, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

Data Accuracy

PlainCompare aggregates data from official U.S. government sources (BEA, HUD, FBI, BLS, NCES, DOL, EPA). Data accuracy depends on the underlying federal agencies and may contain revisions, reclassifications, or lag behind current figures. Government agencies may update or revise data at any time. Do not rely solely on this data for major life decisions.

Fair Use

You may use PlainCompare data for personal, educational, or journalistic purposes. Automated scraping or bulk data extraction is prohibited. For commercial use, please contact us.

Limitation of Liability

PlainCompare and Kiznis Studio are not liable for any decisions made based on data presented on this site. Always verify important information with primary sources.

Changes

We may update these terms at any time. Continued use constitutes acceptance of updated terms.

Data Accuracy and Verification

PlainCompare aggregates and reformats information that originates from public government agencies, regulatory filings, and other openly available sources. While we take reasonable steps to ingest, normalize, and refresh this data, upstream records may contain clerical errors, lag behind real-world changes, or omit relevant context. You are solely responsible for verifying any fact that influences a legal, medical, financial, educational, safety, or similarly consequential decision. Cross-reference the official source before acting on anything you read here.

Acceptable Use

You may browse, read, and share PlainCompare content for personal, journalistic, academic, and non-commercial research use. You may cite specific records with attribution and a link back to the page on plaincompare.com. You may not (a) systematically scrape, crawl, or download the dataset in bulk without prior written permission; (b) resell, sublicense, or redistribute derived data products that compete with PlainCompare; (c) use our pages to harass, defame, or misrepresent any individual or organization appearing in the data; (d) remove, obscure, or mislabel source attribution; or (e) attempt to bypass rate limits, security controls, or authentication mechanisms.

Plain-Language Editorial Role

PlainCompare combines raw public data with plain-language summaries, explainers, and comparisons. Narrative sections are drafted by our editorial team from official source data and reviewed for accuracy before publication. We do not modify the underlying numbers or filings — those are loaded directly from the upstream source. If you spot a summary that misreads the data, please email the correction link on our contact page.

Intellectual Property

The underlying public records surfaced on PlainCompare are in the public domain or otherwise freely licensed by the issuing agency — you are free to use those raw facts. However, our site design, layout, navigation structure, original editorial copy, category taxonomies, comparison tables, and curated rankings are the copyrighted work of Kiznis Studio. These creative elements may not be reproduced in whole or substantial part without permission.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes in our data sources, product features, legal environment, or advertising relationships. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and — when appropriate — surface a brief notice on the homepage. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically.

Governing Law and Disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the jurisdiction in which Kiznis Studio is domiciled, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from or relating to your use of PlainCompare will first be addressed through good-faith informal negotiation. If that fails, both parties agree to resolve the dispute in the courts with jurisdiction over Kiznis Studio's principal place of business. Nothing in these terms limits your statutory consumer-protection rights under applicable local law.

Legal Notices

For formal legal notices, DMCA takedown requests, subpoenas, law-enforcement requests, or correspondence regarding these terms, email legal@plaincompare.com. General questions, data corrections, and feedback should use the contact page so they reach the editorial team promptly.