The Commission also issued cease-and-desist directions, asking Meta and WhatsApp to implement certain behavioural remedies within a defined timeline.

Rs 213-crore penalty for unfair practices in WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy update. The CCI has restricted WhatsApp from sharing user data across Meta platforms, enforcing behavioral remedies and providing data usage transparency for five years,

India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.

The Competition Commission of India ordered WhatsApp not to share user data collected on its platform with other Meta companies or products for advertising purposes for five years.

Shouldn't have abused messaging dominance, Zuck India's Competition Commission has slapped Meta with a five-year ban on using info collected from WhatsApp to help with advertising on its other platforms.

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India’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years and also levied a fine of $25.4 million for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp’s controversial 2021 privacy policy.

Meta has been penalised Rs 213.14 crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), citing abuse of its market dominance through WhatsApp's controversial 2021 privacy policy. The policy, which mandated extensive data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta entities, drew regulatory ire for its restrictive nature.

CCI directed WhatsApp not to share user data collected on its platform with other Meta products or companies for advertising purposes for a period of five years, along with other remedial measures on 8.

CCI fines Meta ₹213 crore for unfair business practices related to WhatsApp privacy policy, Meta plans to appeal.

Meta’s statement comes a day after CCI imposed a ₹213.14 crore fine on Meta for "using its strong position" to change WhatsApp's 2021 Privacy Policy.