Whatsapp Fined

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  CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision

  The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...

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  Meta Plans To Appeal Indian Regulator's Rs 213 Crore Penalty Order

  After the Competition Commission imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy, the company said it disagrees with the watchdog's decision and plans to appeal.

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  Meta Fined $25.4 Million By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years

  India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.4 million on Monday.

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  "Goa Is Doing Fine": Mumbai Cop Debunks Claim About Ratan Tata's Dog's Death

  Mumbai Police senior inspector Sudhir Kudalkar has debunked fake news which was making rounds on social media about the death of Ratan Tata's pet dog "Goa".

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  UK Energy Regulator Fines US Bank Over Failure To Retain WhatsApp Messages

  UK energy regulator Ofgem on Wednesday fined US banking giant Morgan Stanley more than £5 million ($6.3 million) for failing to record and retain WhatsApp messages exchanged by its energy traders.

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  Farmer Fined $61,000 For using Thumbs-Up Emoji

  Justice Timothy Keene noted that the emoji is a "non-traditional means to 'sign' a document, but nevertheless, under these circumstances, this was a valid way to convey the two purposes of a signature."

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  WhatsApp Faces Penalty in Russia on Accusations of Failing to Delete Banned Content: Report

  Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app ...

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  Google Calls CCI Fine Over Mobile App Distribution 'Unfair Imposition'

  Google on Friday submitted before the NCLAT that there was "unfair imposition" by the competition watchdog CCI over its mobile app distribution agreement with device makers as it does not restrict from installing other apps, including that of rivals. A two-member NCLAT bench headed by Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan on Friday said it will start d...

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  Meta Fined $5.9 Million by Irish Regulators for WhatsApp Data Protection Breach

  Irish regulatory body has fined Meta an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. In its new decision, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted "in breach of its obligations in relation to transparency," the watchdog said in ...

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  Meta Fined Additional $5.9 Million For EU Data Protection Breach

  Social media giant Meta has been fined an additional 5.5 million euros ($5.9 million) for breaches of EU data protection regulations by its instant messaging platform WhatsApp, Ireland's regulator announced Thursday.

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  Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website

  Microsoft was fined EUR 60 million (roughly Rs. 530 crore) by the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) for forcing advertising cookies on users on its Bing website. The French regulator said Microsoft's search engine Bing did not allow users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.

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  Meta Hit With $18.6 Million Fine by Turkish Competition Board for Breaking Competition Law

  Meta has been hit with a TRY 346.72 million (roughly Rs. 153 crore) fine in Turkey, for breaking the country's competition law. The Turkish competition authority found the Facebook parent firm had obstructed competitors by merging data collected through the company's core services Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, it said on Wednesday.

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  WhatsApp Bug on iOS Causes Chat Mute Feature to Automatically Switch to 8 Hours When Choosing 1 Week

  WhatsApp’s latest update for iOS devices, version 2.22.18.76, has been displaying a bug, which automatically changes the mute duration from ‘1 week’ to ‘8 hours’. However, there is no issue if a user chooses the duration as ‘8 hours’ or ‘Always’.

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  US Banking Giants Face Over $1 Billion in Fines Over Unauthorised Email, WhatsApp Use

  Major US banks like JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America face upwards of $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,000 crore) in fines, according to recent disclosures. The banks are being probed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission over employees' use of unapproved messaging tools like email and WhatsApp. Her...

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  US Big Banks To Collect More Than $1 Billion Fine For WhatsApp Use

  Banking giants such as JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America collectively face more than $1 billion in regulatory fines for employees' use of unapproved messaging tools, including email and apps like WhatsApp.