EU to propose new rules targeting encrypted apps in June

The European Commission will propose new measures in June to make it easier for police to access data on internet messaging apps like WhatsApp, EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová said yesterday (28 March), heeding calls from national interior ministers.

EU justice chief Vera Jourova is in Washington to review the controversial EU-US privacy shield one year after it was agreed. [EC]

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