WhatsApp, Skype set to come under new EU security rules: draft document

Brussels

MESSAGING services such as Microsoft's Skype and Facebook's WhatsApp face stricter rules on how they handle customer data under new security laws due to be proposed by the European Union (EU), according to a draft document seen by Reuters.

The EU executive wants to extend some rules that now only apply to telecom operators to Web companies offering calls and messages using the Internet, known as "Over-The-Top" (OTT) services, according to the draft.