Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the U.S. and renewed the technology giant’s commitment to protecting personal data, which he warned was being ‘weaponized’ against users.
Cook spoke 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 supports a U.S. federal privacy law.
In many jurisdictions, regulators are asking tough questions. It is time for rest of the world, including my home country, to follow your lead. We at Apple are in full support of a comprehensive federal privacy law in the United States. – Apple CEO Tim Cook
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MacDailyNews Take: Again, kudos to Cook for pushing hard on the privacy front!
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Nice to see that some governments see the value of privacy. Thank you Tim Cook.
When did Facebook’s and Google’s CEOs get up to speak about protecting user privacy? Oh, wait…
Those data-siphoning companies are already planning their sneak attack against Apple. I’m sure they’ll find something that Apple has done to harm users in terms of privacy. It’s still hard for me to imagine the Feds trying to regulate those companies when I believe intelligence agencies are paying Facebook and Google for private data to track U.S. and foreign citizens.