India Fines Meta $25M, Orders WhatsApp to Halt Data Sharing
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India's Competition Commission has fined WhatsApp $25.4 million and ordered it to stop sharing user data with Meta units for advertising for five years, citing antitrust violations related to its 2021 privacy policy. The policy forced users to share data with Meta companies without an opt-out option, which the watchdog deemed an abuse of Meta's dominant market position. WhatsApp must now provide clear data-sharing explanations and opt-out options to users.
- India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine TechCrunch
- India restricts WhatsApp sharing data with other Meta entities, imposes $25.4 mln fine Reuters
- Meta Plans To Appeal Indian Regulator's Rs 213 Crore Penalty Order NDTV
- CCI slaps Rs 213 crore fine on Meta, orders WA to stop sharing data with sister companies The Times of India
- CCI imposes ₹213.14 crore penalty on Meta for abuse of dominant position Bar & Bench - Indian Legal News
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