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Square
· Square Terms of Service
Square limits its total liability to you in most cases to the amount of fees you paid to Square in the 12 months before the event that caused your harm, and excludes liability for indirect, consequential, or lost profit damages entirely....
Why it matters: If Square's service failure, security breach, or wrongful account suspension causes your business significant financial loss, you can only recover a small fraction of that loss — capped at your prior year's fees — regardless of how much damage actually occurred....
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Square
· Square Terms of Service
By accepting these Terms, you also agree to Square's Acceptable Use Policy, which lists categories of businesses and transaction types that are prohibited from using Square's services — and violation of that policy can result in immediate account termination....
Why it matters: The full scope of restrictions on your ability to use Square is not contained in this document alone — you must also comply with a separate policy document that can be updated independently, and any violation can result in losing access to your payment processing....
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Square
· Square Terms of Service
By using Square's services, you authorize Square to collect transaction data, device information, location data, and other usage information, and to use it to operate, improve, and market Square's services, including sharing with third-party partners....
Why it matters: Square collects a wide range of data about you, your customers, and your business transactions, and uses it for purposes beyond processing payments — including marketing and sharing with partners — which has direct privacy implications....
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Square
· Square Terms of Service
You agree to indemnify and hold Square harmless from any claims, losses, or expenses — including legal fees — that arise from your use of Square's services, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third party's rights....
Why it matters: This clause means that if a third party sues Square because of something you did using its platform, you are responsible for covering Square's legal costs and any resulting judgment, which could be financially significant....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App collects facial scans and biometric information extracted from photographs you submit for identity verification purposes. This data is categorized as 'Additional Identification Information' alongside your Social Security number and government-issued ID....
Why it matters: Biometric data is among the most sensitive personal information — it cannot be changed if compromised — and collection without explicit statutory consent violates laws like Illinois BIPA, which provides for significant per-violation damages....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App explicitly states that your personal data is used to train artificial intelligence and machine learning models as part of 'improving, personalizing and facilitating your use of our Services.' There is no opt-out mechanism specifically described for this use in the main policy....
Why it matters: Using customer financial and behavioral data to train AI systems without a clear opt-out is an emerging area of regulatory concern and may constitute secondary processing beyond what users reasonably expect when signing up for a payments app....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App purchases data about you from third-party advertisers, data brokers, and advertising platforms to build or enhance behavioral profiles, including your inferred interests, preferences, advertising segments, and characteristics — even if you never provided this information directly to Cash Ap...
Why it matters: Data broker sourcing means Cash App may know things about you beyond what you shared, and this enriched profile is used for targeted advertising and personalization — a practice with significant CCPA/CPRA implications and limited consumer visibility....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App explicitly states it uses your personal information to develop a 'credit risk profile' about you and to draw inferences to create a behavioral profile reflecting your credit risk, preferences, shopping habits, and other characteristics. This profiling is used to enhance services and maintai...
Why it matters: Automated credit risk profiling using behavioral and third-party data — particularly where it influences financial decisions like loan eligibility or account standing — is subject to FCRA adverse action notice requirements and CFPB supervisory oversight....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App's policy states that 'by continuing to interact with our Services, you are consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Notice' — meaning simply using the app is treated as consent to all data collection and use practices described, including biometric collection and AI training....
Why it matters: Implied consent through continued service use is increasingly challenged by regulators as insufficient for sensitive data processing, particularly for biometric data, AI model training, and targeted advertising — which typically require explicit, affirmative opt-in consent....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App shares your personal data with a wide range of parties including Block, Inc. affiliates (such as Square), credit bureaus, fraud detection partners, merchants you transact with, advertising partners, and third-party service providers. Transaction data and payment history may be shared with m...
Why it matters: The breadth of data sharing — spanning financial affiliates, credit bureaus, merchants, and advertising partners — means your sensitive financial and behavioral data travels far beyond Cash App itself, increasing exposure to data breaches, unauthorized use, and regulatory liability....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App collects precise geolocation information from your mobile device, including your IP address and network provider location. This is in addition to general location information and may be collected through automated tracking technologies....
Why it matters: Precise geolocation data is classified as sensitive personal information under several state privacy laws, requires explicit consent or opt-in in some jurisdictions, and can reveal sensitive details about a person's movements, relationships, health visits, or religious practices....
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Cash App
· Cash App Privacy Policy
Cash App's Privacy Notice includes a dedicated section on children's personal information, indicating the company has policies addressing minors. The Services are subject to age restrictions, and the policy addresses how children's data is handled....
Why it matters: Financial services apps used by or accessible to minors face COPPA obligations requiring verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13, and recent FTC enforcement has targeted financial technology platforms that fail to implement adequate age gates....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
If MetaMask or Consensys causes you harm — through a bug, outage, or any other failure — the most they will ever pay you is $100 total, regardless of how much cryptocurrency you actually lost....
Why it matters: For a platform where users may store or transact thousands or millions of dollars in crypto assets, a $100 liability ceiling means users bear virtually all financial risk of platform failures....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
Instead of suing MetaMask in court, you must resolve most disputes through private binding arbitration, and you give up your right to join a class action lawsuit with other affected users....
Why it matters: Mandatory arbitration removes your ability to access public courts and join with other harmed users in collective legal action, which significantly reduces your practical ability to seek redress for smaller losses....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
MetaMask does not store or have access to your Secret Recovery Phrase or private keys, so if you lose them, neither MetaMask nor Consensys can restore access to your wallet or recover your funds under any circumstances....
Why it matters: This is the defining security risk of self-custody wallets — if your Secret Recovery Phrase is lost, stolen, or destroyed, your crypto assets are permanently inaccessible with no recourse....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
When you use MetaMask to swap tokens or bridge assets, MetaMask charges a service fee that is built into the price you are quoted — it is not displayed as a separate charge, so you may not know exactly how much you are paying MetaMask....
Why it matters: Hidden or embedded fees can make it difficult to compare costs and understand the true price of transactions, which may constitute a material omission under consumer protection law....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
By using MetaMask, you personally confirm that you are not on any government sanctions list and that your use of the wallet complies with all applicable sanctions laws — MetaMask is not taking responsibility for screening you....
Why it matters: Placing sanctions compliance obligations on individual users is highly unusual and creates personal legal risk — violating OFAC sanctions can result in civil penalties of up to $1 million per transaction and criminal prosecution....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
MetaMask can change these Terms of Service at any time, and your continued use of the wallet after changes are posted means you have accepted the new terms — even if you did not read them....
Why it matters: This gives MetaMask broad power to change the rules of your agreement at any time, potentially altering your rights, fees, or data practices with limited notice and no requirement for your active consent....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
MetaMask explicitly states that it is not a financial advisor, broker, or fiduciary and that nothing in the app or website constitutes investment advice — all investment decisions are entirely your own responsibility....
Why it matters: This means MetaMask bears no legal responsibility if you make financial decisions based on information or features in the app, including staking yields, RWA token trading, or prediction market displays....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
All legal disputes with MetaMask are governed by New York state law, regardless of where you live, and to the extent court proceedings are permitted, they must take place in New York....
Why it matters: Being forced to litigate under New York law and in New York courts creates a practical and financial barrier to seeking legal recourse for consumers located outside New York....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
By submitting any content, feedback, or information through MetaMask, you grant Consensys a broad, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, and modify that content for their business purposes....
Why it matters: Any feedback, ideas, or content you share with MetaMask can be used by Consensys without compensation to you and without restriction, which may affect intellectual property rights for developers or businesses using the platform....
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MetaMask
· MetaMask Terms of Use
MetaMask can suspend or terminate your access to certain services at any time and for any reason, including without notice, though as a non-custodial wallet they cannot take your crypto assets....
Why it matters: While MetaMask cannot seize your crypto (since they don't hold your keys), they can disable access to value-added services like Swaps, Bridge, Earn, and other features without warning....
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