For more than 3 years after beginning the investigation, the Commission Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC), the imposed fines on the Meta, with 220 million for the violation of the law of privacy while in the politics of the new WhatsApp. The company's Menlo Park, has announced that it will appeal to.
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As it will take into account many, the politics of the new, in the privacy of WhatsApp, and it had to be that he should enter into force at the beginning of the year is 2021, which provided for the collection of data for advertising purposes, and especially to the best companies. The Meta was set initially to block the use of the service or to limit some of the features, if the new terms are not admitted. He changed his mind later on, after the criticism of many to be made, pushing the entry into force until may 15, 2021.
Commission Federal Competition and Consumer Protection of Nigeria (FCCPC) had launched an investigation into compliance with local laws, to privacy and the rights of the consumer. In April of 2024, Meta proposed a couple of solutions, but they are not considered to be sufficient. This is why the commission has issued an order to the final, which provides a number of obligations, in addition to the payment of a fee of eur 220 million of dollars, and the reimbursement of the costs is 35 thousand dollars) in 60 days.
Meta, you need to grant the user nigerianë the choice of free will, without limiting the functionality of the WhatsApp, or by the forced removal of the application. He is also a need to prevent the breakdown of the data by Facebook and third parties, for instance, in the absence of the consent of the obvious. Finally, it should restore the practice of the exchange of the data, and approved in 2016.
A spokesperson for the WhatsApp, he said:
In the year 2021 in the so we contacted the user, in all the world, to explain it, as it will be a conversation with the business, among other things, and while there was a lot of confusion at the same time, she is, in fact, proved to be very popular. We are not in agreement with the decision of the present day, and a fine, and it will appeal the decision.
Bugs got a penalty fee of 390 million euros in Connection with the violation of the GDPR, with the ads to be personalized. For a similar reason he was forced to pezullonte the issuance of the features of IT, and the model of a new multi-modal Called.
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