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WhatsApp to Appeal $220 million Privacy Violation Fine in Nigeria

Disagrees with FCCPC’s Privacy Violation Allegation

by Staff Writer
July 23, 2024
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WhatsApp has vowed that its parent body, Meta, will appeal the $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) over its alleged violation of Nigeria’s data privacy laws.

WhatsApp said this on Saturday in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday.

It said: “We disagree with the decision today as well as the fine and Meta will be appealing the decision.

“In 2021, we went to users globally to explain how talking to businesses among other things would work and while there was a lot of confusion then, it has proven quite popular,” the organisation said.

The reaction followed a statement released by the FCCPC and signed by its acting Executive Chairman, Adamu Abdullahi, accusing Meta of denying Nigerian users control over their data.

The FCCPC said that Meta had also shared the users’ data without consent, and abused its market dominance.

According to the statement released to the media, the FCCPC’s final order imposed a monetary penalty of $220 million on Meta.

The penalty is following the FCCPA 2018, and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (Administrative Penalties) Regulations 2020,” the statement said.

The FCCPC announced that it initiated its investigation in May 2021, based on evidence suggesting that Meta, through its platforms, had breached the provisions of the FCCPA 2018 and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019.

It stated that these regulations were in effect before the enactment and implementation of the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.

The competition protection body noted that Meta responded to document requests and summons by providing some information.

It stated that Meta’s representatives and retained legal counsel had consistently engaged with and met investigators and analysts from the commission and the NDPC, including as recently as April 4, 2024.

The FCCPC highlighted that its investigation uncovered evidence of Meta engaging in practices that were abusive and invasive towards data consumers in Nigeria.

These included collecting personal data without consent and implementing discriminatory practices against Nigerians, among other issues.

Meta Platforms, Inc., doing business as Meta, is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California.

The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services.

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