Apple’s Cook set to back strong privacy laws in Europe, US at Brussels event

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends an Apple store in Shanghai, China October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song

BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO: Apple chief executive Tim Cook is expected to praise new European privacy rules and to voice the company's support for strong laws in Europe and the United States to protect the use of data, according to prepared remarks for delivery at a Brussels event.

Cook will describe Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, as an example of how “good policy and political will can come together to protect the rights of us all”, according to the remarks, seen by Reuters ahead of a gathering of international privacy regulators on Oct 24.