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Consensys will never request private key or payment via SMS

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Medium Jul 1, 2026

The updated terms explicitly state that UK, EU, and EEA consumers retain statutory consumer protection rights that cannot be limited or excluded by the agreement, and that applicable local law prevails in the event of conflict with these terms. This adds clarity to the legal framework but does not change substantive protections for those users. The terms also clarify that mUSD is a third-party digital asset not issued by Consensys, treating it as a third-party service subject to the agreement's limitations on Consensys' responsibility for third-party services.

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Clause Stability Stable

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Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1423 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Paramount+ Medium

When creating or updating your Account or purchasing a Subscription, you must provide true, accurate and complete information, including contact details which allow us to contact you easily and quickly.

GitHub Medium

GitHub will provide notice regarding our access to private repository content, unless for legal disclosure, to comply with our legal obligations, or where otherwise bound by requirements under law...

Amazon Associates Medium

You will include a date/time stamp adjacent to your display of pricing or availability information on your application if you obtain Product Advertising Content from Data Feeds, or if you call Creators API, PA API or refresh the Product Advertising Content...less frequently than hourly.

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we will not offer support via SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, WeChat, or Twitter DMs, and that we will never ask you for your private key or secret recovery phrase or for you to make a payment to us.

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Provision details

Document information
Document
MetaMask Terms of Use
Entity
MetaMask
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-035651
Document ID
CA-D-00279
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
fbc3e940d542d736f423bed59d696fff5bef4265893e8cc2ffd8581c3ba58f1d
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 07:13 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: MetaMask
Document: MetaMask Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-035651
Captured: 2026-07-09 07:13:37 UTC
SHA-256: fbc3e940d542d736…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/metamask/metamask-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-035651/consensys-will-never-request-private-key-or-payment-via-sms/
Accessed: Aug. 2, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does MetaMask's Consensys will never request private key or payment via SMS clause do?

The clause states: “we will not offer support via SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, WeChat, or Twitter DMs, and that we will never ask you for your private key or secret recovery phrase or for you to make a payment to us.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 273 platforms. See the full comparison.

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