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Personal Information retained for period necessary to fulfill purposes

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 276 of 352 platforms
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How other platforms handle this

Walmart Medium

We will keep the personal information we collect about you for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in this Privacy Notice...but no longer than as required or permitted under applicable law or internal Walmart policy.

Palantir Medium

We collect and keep personal data only as needed or allowed for the purposes set out in this Statement, based on the reason we collected the personal data in the first instance and what is permitted under the laws that apply to the processing.

Salesforce Medium

We may retain your Personal Data for a period of time consistent with the original purpose of collection...or as long as required to fulfill our legal and/or regulatory obligations.

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We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, to make the Offerings available to you, or as instructed by you

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Applicable regulations

GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN

Provision details

Document information
Document
MetaMask Privacy Policy
Entity
MetaMask
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-078183
Document ID
CA-D-00280
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
4cfbe9762731bfe658d18b0c1568e69aca6f8fd9ffe4429a18ab2c4903520ea6
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 06:17 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: MetaMask
Document: MetaMask Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-078183
Captured: 2026-05-07 06:17:26 UTC
SHA-256: 4cfbe9762731bfe6…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/metamask/metamask-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-078183/personal-information-retained-for-period-necessary-to-fulfill-purposes/
Accessed: Oct. 1, 2026
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Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does MetaMask's Personal Information retained for period necessary to fulfill purposes clause do?

The clause states: “We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, to make the Offerings available to you, or as instructed by you”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 276 platforms. See the full comparison.

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