Is Skype a Telecom Company or a Software Company? The Answer Determines Whether They Have to Turn Over Call Records: eDiscovery Trends

By Doug Austin

Many of us have used Skype to communicate with friends or business colleagues (or maybe both). Can Skype be compelled to turn over those call records? Not if they can help it.

According to ZDNet, Skype, now owned by Microsoft, has been summoned to appear in court in Belgium after it refused to share call records to help a criminal investigation. A court in north Belgium demanded that messages and calls from Skype be provided to prosecutors under the country’s telecommunications laws. In…

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  • Doug Austin

    Doug Austin is the editor and founder of eDiscovery Today and an EDRM Global Advisory Council Leader. Doug is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients. Doug has published a daily blog since 2010 and has written numerous articles and white papers. He has received the JD Supra Readers Choice Award as the Top eDiscovery Author for 2017 and 2018 and a JD Supra Readers Choice Award as a Top Cybersecurity Author for 2019.

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