CCI Likely to Penalize WhatsApp Over Privacy Policy Update

• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) may penalize WhatsApp and its parent company, Meta, for allegedly violating competition laws.
• This follows a controversial update to WhatsApp's privacy policy that would allow user data sharing with Meta.
• The CCI's director general concluded that WhatsApp and Meta abused their dominance, contravening competition law.
• Under the 2023 Competition Act revision, CCI can impose penalties up to 10% of the average turnover of the last three financial years on guilty enterprises.
• This development comes as WhatsApp introduced the Meta Verified badge for small businesses in India.

Source: Inc42