(Reuters) -Meta Platforms stated on Tuesday it disagreed with an order by India’s competitors watchdog that positioned data-sharing restrictions between WhatsApp and its different functions and stated it might legally problem the order.
The Competitors Fee of India (CCI) directed WhatsApp to chorus from sharing consumer knowledge for promoting functions with different Meta-owned functions for 5 years and fined the U.S. tech large $25.4 million on Monday over antitrust violations associated to the messaging software’s 2021 privateness coverage.
The CCI had begun an investigation into WhatsApp’s 2021 privateness coverage in March that 12 months. The coverage allowed knowledge sharing between Meta (NASDAQ:) and its items, sparking a world backlash.
“Sharing of user data collected on WhatsApp with other Meta companies… for purposes other than for providing WhatsApp service shall not be made a condition for users to access WhatsApp Service in India,” the CCI stated on Monday.
A spokesperson for Meta stated on Tuesday that the 2021 replace didn’t change the privateness of individuals’s private messages.
“We also ensured no one would have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of the WhatsApp service because of this update,” the spokesperson stated.
