“São Paulo Prosecutor Demands $311 Million from WhatsApp for Data Law Violation

The case is the highest value in the history of this issue”, 17 July 2024

The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) of São Paulo has filed a lawsuit…seeking R$ 1.7 billion ($ 311 million) in compensation from WhatsApp for alleged violations of the LGPD (General Data Protection Law).

The civil lawsuit (ACP) has an unprecedented value in the field of data protection.

The ACP concerns the privacy policy adopted by the messaging app in 2021, which is still in effect.

The institutions say that WhatsApp "forced people to adhere" to the data sharing policy between Meta group platforms, which also owns Instagram and Facebook...

Meta stated that it had not been notified and would not comment on the case.