Member states of the EU didn't reach an agreement on stricter privacy rules covering the handling of customer messages, calls and data by companies owning messaging apps, Reuters reported. This situation delays attempts to offer parity with regulations covering operators.
The European Commission proposed adopting tougher privacy laws almost three years ago. The laws should seek to prevent companies owning messaging apps from recording information, including the location of the user or the time of the messages, with the exception of retaining information for billing purposes.
At a meeting in Brussels last week, member states once again failed to adopt the proposed new rules. There were disagreements over areas including regulation for tracking cookies, consent requirements, and detecting and deleting child pornography.
The European Commission wanted to expand the scope of a current directive beyond operators to all providers of communication services, which means that various messaging services would be covered. The disagreements between EU members means that an initial goal of adopting new rules by May 2018 has failed long ago.
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