Meta Platforms Inc.

Administrative fine and corrective orders; settled by consent judgment. NDPC, 18 February 2025.

Record ID: ng-ndpc-2025-0001
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Regulator: NDPC
Type: settlement
Date decided: 18 February 2025
Respondent type: private
Sector: technology
Violations: behavioural advertising without explicit consent, unlawful processing
Provisions cited: NDPA 2023
Outcome: administrative fine and corrective orders; settled by consent judgment
Penalty: USD 32,800,000 (≈ USD 32,800,000 at the decision date)
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 14 March 2026

Summary

The NDPC fined Meta approximately USD 32.8 million for violating Nigerian users' privacy through behavioural advertising on Facebook and Instagram without explicit consent, alongside eight corrective orders. Meta disputed the fine through judicial review, then settled out of court on 31 October 2025 under a consent judgment with compliance orders.

BIG-TECH · BEHAVIOURAL-ADVERTISING · CONSENT · SETTLEMENT

Cite this decision

NDPC (Nigeria), Meta Platforms Inc., settlement of 18 February 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/nigeria/ndpc/2025/meta-behavioural-advertising-fine/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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