Apple boss takes aim at 'weaponisation' of customer data

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Cook calls for US federal privacy legislation similar to EU's GDPR.

Apple boss takes aim at 'weaponisation' of customer data
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has decried customer data being "weaponised with military efficiency" by companies to increase profit and called for a federal privacy law in the United States, along the lines of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. Cook, speaking at the ...

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