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Chat applications (WhatsApp, Skype, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger
etc.) shall undergo the same rules as telecom operators. The
European Commission is responding to the fact that users of chat
apps are not controlled and may send anything they please. Thus, by
revising the ePrivacy Directive, the Commission intends to extend
the obligation to follow certain rules (in particular with respect
to access to communication by security forces, and to the treatment
of the users' data for commercial purposes) to providers of
chat apps as well. Specific details shall be unveiled in the course
of September.
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