Apple CEO backs privacy laws, warns data being 'weaponized'
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(24 Oct 2018) The head of Apple on Wednesday 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. Cook's remarks, along with comments due later from Google and Facebook top bosses, in the European Union's home base in Brussels, underscore how the US tech giants are jostling to curry favour in the region as regulators tighten their scrutiny. World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, who spoke after Cook, told the audience to be aware that Facebook and Twitter are made by humans, and hence to engage with people working on and creating social networks. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google head Sundar Pichai were scheduled to address by video the annual meeting of global data privacy chiefs. Only Cook, who has been outspoken on protecting user privacy, attended in person. The International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, held in a different city every year, normally attracts little attention but its Brussels venue this year takes on symbolic meaning as EU officials ratchet up their tech regulation efforts. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/83e863f5319c5fb05da1a8b2742abd9c
