CCI Fine Mark Zuckerberg Meta – Meta Fine: ₹ 213Cr fine on billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s company… The matter is related to user privacy – CCI slaps Rs 213 crore penalty on billionaire Mark Zuckerberg Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy tutc
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, who is among the world’s top-10 billionaires, has received a big blow from India. Competition Commission of India i.e. CCI has imposed a huge fine of Rs 213.14 crore on Meta. This action of fine has been taken on the allegations of implementing the privacy policy of WhatsApp and stealing user data. Let us know what is the whole matter…
Why did CCI impose heavy fine?
Today, you will see Mark Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp app in every mobile phone or laptop, tablet. Its use has increased rapidly, but now this platform has proved to be a shock to the company owner Mark Zuckerberg. In fact, due to allegations of misuse of the privacy policy related to it, CCI in India has now imposed a fine of Rs 213.14 crore on WhatsApp’s parent company Meta. This penalty was imposed for adopting unfair business practices in relation to the Privacy Policy Update of 2021.
misused his influence
Along with imposing fine on Mark Zuckerberg’s company Meta, the Competition Commission of India said in its order that this fine has been imposed on Meta for misusing its dominance. The order further said that this matter is related to how WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy was implemented, how user data was collected and it was also shared with other companies.
