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EU countries agree joint stance ahead of WhatsApp, Skype privacy talks

By Foo Yun Chee

Feb 11 2021 1:05PM

Ending three-year impasse.

EU countries agree joint stance ahead of WhatsApp, Skype privacy talks

EU countries on Wednesday agreed to take a joint position in forthcoming negotiations with EU lawmakers and the European Commission on planned privacy rules governing Facebook's WhatsApp and Microsoft's Skype, ending a three-year impasse. The European Commission proposed its ePrivacy ...

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