Apple CEO backs privacy laws, warns data being ‘weaponised’


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up an iPhone as he speaks during a data privacy conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

BRUSSELS: The head of Apple on Oct 24 endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the US and renewed the technology giant’s commitment to protecting personal data, which he warned was being “weaponised” against users. 

Speaking at an international conference on data privacy, Apple CEO Tim Cook applauded European Union authorities for bringing in a strict new data privacy law this year and said the iPhone maker fully supports a US federal privacy law. 

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