{"id":71095,"date":"2022-12-06T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=71095"},"modified":"2025-09-08T06:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:17:33","slug":"consensys-to-cap-storage-of-metamask-user-data-at-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/consensys-to-cap-storage-of-metamask-user-data-at-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"ConsenSys to cap storage of MetaMask user data at seven days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ConsenSys, in response to concerns about user data privacy in MetaMask, said it would shorten the retention period for collected IP identifiers and wallet addresses to seven days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are committed to protecting the privacy of MetaMask users. Last month, the ConsenSys privacy policy update raised questions and misconceptions. <\/p>\n<p>We heard you, went to work, and would like to share some important clarifications and updates \ud83e\uddf5\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5HGlWFuIEq\">https:\/\/t.co\/5HGlWFuIEq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetaMask \ud83e\udd8a\ud83d\udc99 (@MetaMask) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetaMask\/status\/1600114635650338816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On November 24, the developer of the popular app<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/consensys-warns-that-infura-collects-user-data-in-metamask\"> informed<\/a> about an update to the privacy policy, which drew a volley of criticism from the community. Users pointed to a drop in their privacy and higher risks of identifying individuals for law enforcement actions.<\/p>\n<p>The company attributed the move to a desire to improve the services offered, as well as to ensure security, protection against fraud and compliance with regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules, which will limit the retention period for user data, will take effect in tandem with the privacy policy update, ConsenSys said.<\/p>\n<p>The wallet&#8217;s development team explained that information is not accumulated during balance checks. It is only collected when transactions are performed.<\/p>\n<p>The company emphasised that it does not monetise data.<\/p>\n<p>Future updates will also make it easier for users to switch to alternative <span data-descr=\"remote procedure call\" class=\"old_tooltip\">RPC<\/span> [by default Infura, part of ConsenSys].<\/p>\n<p>In November, the decentralised exchange Uniswap<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/uniswap-updates-rules-on-collecting-user-data\"> updated<\/a> its privacy policy.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\u201d\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ConsenSys, in response to concerns about user data privacy in MetaMask, said it would shorten the retention period for collected IP identifiers and wallet addresses to seven days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1287,1256],"class_list":["post-71095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-metamask","tag-privacy-and-personal-data"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71097,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71095\/revisions\/71097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}