Microsoft Must Be More Transparent About Skype Privacy, Say Rights Groups

Several dozen rights groups have issued an open letter to Microsoft, asking the company to disclose how Skype user data is handled.

Several dozen rights groups have issued an open letter to Microsoft, asking the company to disclose how Skype user data is handled.

Among the groups are Electronic Frontier Foundation, Hermes Center for Digital Human Rights, Reporters Without Borders, the Guardian Project, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, DotConnectAfrica and the Tibetan Action Institute.

Many of Skype’s core users are international users, some of whom use its chat and Internet calling service to conduct legal business, advocacy and social science research.

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