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The Federal Government and Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook and Instagram, have agreed on an out-of-court settlement of a $32.8 million fine against the latter.
The fine was imposed on the Meta Platforms for alleged data privacy violations involving Nigerian users.
Lawyers to the two parties disclosed this yesterday before the judge, James Omotosho, of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) had in February, fined Meta $32.8 million for allegedly breaching Nigeria’s Data Protection Act.
The NDPC said the sanction followed a petition accusing the company of using Nigerians’ personal data for behavioural advertising without consent, failing to file its 2022 audit, transferring data abroad, and processing the information of non-users. Nation
