The penalty pertains to the controversial implementation of WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy, which mandated data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta firms like Facebook. The same had raised concerns about user privacy and market fairness.
"As a reminder, the 2021 update did not change the privacy of people's personal messages and was offered as a choice for users at the time. We also ensured no one would have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of the WhatsApp service because of this update," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.
The 2021 privacy policy required users to accept expanded data collection and mandatory sharing with Facebook to continue using WhatsApp, removing the opt-out option available under the 2016 policy.
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