Skype loses Belgian court appeal over failure to share data on messages and calls

(Reuters) — Microsoft’s online communication service Skype lost an appeal in Belgium after it failed to comply with a court request to share data from messages and calls.
The case bears similarities to the privacy dispute between the U.S. Justice Department and Microsoft over whether prosecutors should get access to emails stored on company servers overseas, which is now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Belgian judge at the Antwerp-based appeals court had asked Skype to share data