CCI lacks jurisdiction on data safety: WhatsApp tells NCLAT
New Delhi: WhatsApp, a subsidiary of Meta Platforms,Friday submitted before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) did not have jurisdiction to decide issues related to data protection.
The competition watchdog last November held that WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy amounted to coercing its users to share data with Meta, allowing the company to maintain its dominance in the market while harming consumer welfare and market competition.
