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Big Tech grapples with India's use of antitrust laws for privacy concerns

By Freny Patel ( December 3, 2024, 04:45 GMT | Comment) -- India’s recent fine against Meta and the imposition of restrictions on WhatsApp over its bundling of customer data points to an interesting, globally significant phenomenon: the use of antitrust law to pursue privacy concerns. And while the increasingly muscular position of the Competition Commission of India on privacy issues has precedents in both the European Union and the United States, the size of the Indian market means this regulatory battle will take on great significance. Using competition law to safeguard data privacy, India's antitrust watchdog has emerged among the global leaders in addressing data-protection concerns — particularly those related to dominant multinational tech giant Meta Platforms and its messaging service WhatsApp....

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