WhatsApp gets temporary relief – NCLAT upholds the earlier CCI decision against any abuse of dominance by WhatsApp’s data privacy policy

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (‘NCLAT’), vide its order dated 2nd August 2022, has upheld the earlier order dated 1st June 2017  of the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) where it found that the change in terms of service including the privacy policy of WhatsApp particularly concerning sharing of user data with Facebook (now…

CCI dismisses allegations on WhatsApp and Facebook for abuse of dominance in digital payments market

CCI dismisses allegations on WhatsApp and Facebook for abuse of dominance in digital payments market By way of order dated 18.08.2020, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations of abuse of dominance by WhatsApp Inc (“WhatsApp”) and Facebook Inc (“Facebook”) in the market for internet-based messaging application through smartphones to manipulate another market…