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This provision establishes MetaMask's compliance framework for sanctions regulations by placing verification and attestation obligations on users rather than implementing automated screening mechanisms. The clause operationalizes MetaMask's obligation to comply with applicable sanctions laws by requiring user representations at the point of service access.
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.
View change record →Users must affirmatively represent their sanctions compliance status as a condition of service access. Non-compliant users—those designated on specified sanctions lists or located in comprehensive sanctions jurisdictions—are prohibited from using the service under the stated terms.
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"In addition, you represent to us that you are (1) not subject to sanctions or otherwise designated on any list of prohibited or restricted parties, including but not limited to the lists maintained by the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. Government (i.e., the Specially Designated Nationals List and Foreign Sanctions Evaders List of the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Entity List of the U.S. Department of Commerce), the European Union or its Member States, the United Kingdom, or other applicable government authority and (2) not located in any country subject to a comprehensive sanctions program implemented by the United States. You may not use any Offering if you are the subject of U.S. sanctions or of sanctions consistent with U.S. law imposed by the governments of the country where you are using the Offering.— Excerpt from MetaMask's MetaMask Terms of Use
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This provision establishes MetaMask's compliance framework for sanctions regulations by placing verification and attestation obligations on users rather than implementing automated screening mechanisms. The clause operationalizes MetaMask's obligation to comply with applicable sanctions laws by requiring user representations at the point of service access.
Users must affirmatively represent their sanctions compliance status as a condition of service access. Non-compliant users—those designated on specified sanctions lists or located in comprehensive sanctions jurisdictions—are prohibited from using the service under the stated terms.
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