British prosecutors can make use of evidence gathered by the French and Dutch police from encrypted messaging service Encrochat’s servers thanks to a legal interpretation of whether RAM counts as data storage, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The judgment, handed down on the afternoon of 5 February, has far-reaching repercussions for criminal defendants identified and arrested on suspicion of serious crimes – with their identification being possible thanks to police reading the contents of their messages.

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