India fines Meta ₹213.14 crore over WhatsApp’s 2021 private policy update

November 18, 2024

the competition commission of india has issued a ₹21314 crore fine on meta for anticompetitive practices in relation to whatsapps 2021 privacy policy update the policy which made it mandatory for users to share their data was quotunfairquot the antitrust watchdog stated it also ordered whatsapp to not share data for advertisements to meta companies for five years