Answers to common questions about the regulations Warrant checks, how to tailor them to your business, how updates reach you, and how disclosures and Brand Portal libraries fit in. For setup steps, see Set Your Compliance Scan Policies and AI Policies and Compliance Settings.
Which jurisdictions and frameworks does Warrant cover?
Warrant's regulation library includes rules from:
US federal regulators and self-regulatory bodies, for example the FTC, FDA, CFPB, SEC, FINRA, FCC, HUD, NCUA, OCC, FDIC, CFTC and MSRB.
US states, including state insurance departments, financial regulators, attorneys general and state bars, plus Washington, D.C. and US territories.
International regulators, for example in the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Australia and Switzerland.
Advertising platform policies, such as Meta, Google and LinkedIn, and industry codes and best practices.
Rules span industries such as financial services, insurance, legal, real estate, healthcare and pharma, alcohol, gaming and more. The library changes over time, so the best way to check coverage for your business is to browse it:
In the left sidebar, click Settings. Under Compliance, click AI Policies.
Click Add Regulations.
Search by name, regulator, channel, geography or product, or use the Regulators, Channels and Geographies filters. If your company profile is set up, the list shows rules matching your profile first; turn on the switch to show all rules in the library.
If you need a regulation that isn't in the library, contact [email protected]. You can also write your own rule with Create Policy on the AI Policies page.
How do I turn regulations on or off?
Built-in regulations are off until an admin turns them on. Only enabled policies are checked in scans and in Studio.
To add one: click Add Regulations, find the rule, turn on its switch and pick a risk level (Low, Medium or High). Click Done.
To turn one off: find it in the AI Policies table and switch it off. You can also enable or disable several at once.
Every change is recorded in the Policy audit trail. Turn on only what applies to your business: more rules means more noise.
Can we apply our own interpretation of a built-in regulation?
Yes. Admins can customize a built-in regulation for your company without changing it for anyone else.
On the AI Policies page, find the regulation and click the pencil icon (Customize for your company).
In Customize Regulation, change what you need: the name, severity, When to Use, description, AI Prompt (structured), and where it applies (channel, audience, product types, specific products and Applies to Reach (Social)).
Click Save Customization.
Fields Warrant manages, such as the regulator, rule number, source link, geography and dates, are shown for reference and can't be changed. Customized rules show a Customized badge.
To undo your changes, click the restore icon (Restore to default) on the regulation and confirm with Restore Default. This removes all of your company's customizations for that regulation and can't be undone.
How do updates to built-in regulations reach us?
Regulations you haven't customized are updated for you, and your next scan uses the update. Your on/off choice and risk level stay as they were.
Regulations you have customized keep using your version. When Warrant updates the original, admins get a policy task. Click Review Changes on the task to compare, then edit your version or restore the default. See Policy Tasks and the Policy Audit Trail.
New rules added to the library are not switched on for you automatically. Find them with Add Regulations.
Retired rules stop being checked and can't be switched back on.
For questions about how often the library is reviewed, or how proposed rules are handled, contact [email protected].
When a regulation or disclosure changes, is existing content re-reviewed?
Not automatically. Changes to policies and disclosures apply to the next scan or Studio review. Existing scan results stay as they were until someone scans the file again.
When you save a new version of a disclosure, files that were linked to an older version are marked Outdated in the disclosure's File Usage section. Use that list, or Download CSV, to find the affected files, then update and rescan them.
Learn more: Disclosures Library.
If a regulation's model language changes, do our disclosures update automatically?
No. Your disclosures are your company's own approved copy, and Warrant doesn't rewrite them. When the required wording changes, open the disclosure, click Edit, and in the Versions tab click New Version to save the new language. Earlier versions stay available for reference, and files using them are marked Outdated.
Can we have different versions of a disclosure for different products or channels?
Yes, in two ways:
Scope and rules. Each disclosure has product, channel, audience, geography and brand fields that say where it applies. For more precise control, add conditional rules, for example "apply only to Email for Retail Investors".
Approved variants. On the disclosure's page, click Edit, then Add Variant. Give the variant a label and a Tag Type (Shorter, Longer, Channel, Audience, Product or Custom) and enter the approved wording. Use a Custom tag with a language name, such as Spanish, for a translation. Any approved variant can satisfy the disclosure. When a file uses a variant tagged for a different channel, audience or product, Warrant notes it and suggests the closest approved variant.
Does Warrant recognize a disclosure that's on a linked page instead of in the ad?
No. Warrant reviews the content of the file, or the single web page you captured, and doesn't follow links to other pages. Within that content, a disclosure counts as present if its text (or substantially equivalent wording) appears anywhere, including:
a footnote linked to the claim with a mark such as *, †, ‡, § or a superscript number
text next to or near the claim
for video, anywhere in the video, including an end slate
for disclosures with a reference image, such as a badge, that image appearing in the content
If your disclosures live on a separate page, you can capture that page as its own file (Create New, then Website URL) and scan it. If your compliance team accepts a link to the full terms for a particular disclosure, describe what counts as acceptable in that disclosure's AI Prompt, and scans will follow it.
What's the difference between AI policies, disclosures and Brand Portal libraries?
AI Policies | Disclosures | Brand Portal Libraries | |
What it is | Rules content must follow: built-in regulations and your own company policies and trademark rules | Required copy that must appear in content | Approved facts content cites, such as rates, offers, performance data and testimonials |
What a scan checks | Whether the content breaks a rule | Whether the required text is present and correctly worded | Whether what the content says matches the approved record |
Where to find it | Settings, Compliance, AI Policies | Brand Portal, Disclosures | Brand Portal, Libraries |
Versions and tracking | Policy audit trail and policy tasks | Versions, variants, activity and file usage | Records with dates and optional variants; expired records can be flagged |
Learn more: Brand Portal Libraries and Disclosures Library.