EU and India WhatsApp privacy enforcement

Recent privacy enforcement is concentrated on how WhatsApp and Meta can be challenged, sanctioned, and required to change data-sharing practices.

In the EU, courts clarified that companies can directly contest binding EDPB decisions, while in India regulators and courts are tightening disclosure and consent rules for non-WhatsApp data uses, including advertising. The shared pattern is stronger procedural and substantive scrutiny of platform data processing, with cross-border enforcement and appeals still active.