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Gmail, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn: They already scan your messages - voluntarily!


Voluntary Chat Control is already in place since 2021, named Regulation (EU) 2021/1232. Similar to scanning obligations in the UK and the USA, this regulation allows Big Tech to scan all your data. But what do services scan based on this regulation, do they also scan old messages, and what does this mean for data protection and privacy? A deep dive.

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