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WhatsApp / Meta — Competition Commission of India
Data-sharing / abuse of dominance · 2024-11-18
Key facts
- Entity
- WhatsApp / Meta
- Authority
- Competition Commission of India
- Date
- 2024-11-18
- Sector
- Social Media / Tech
- Legal provision
- Competition Act §4
- Penalty
- ₹213.14 Cr
- Outcome
- Fine Imposed
- Violation
- Data-sharing / abuse of dominance
What happened
The CCI imposed a ₹213.14 crore penalty on Meta over WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy and ordered a 5-year bar on sharing user data with other Meta companies for advertising.
Sources & provenance
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Record ID: IND-CCI-001 · updated 2026-09-20