Kelvin Chan Associated Press Published 11:07 AM EDT Oct 24, 2018 Brussels – The head of Apple 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. 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 in May and said the iPhone maker supports a U.S. federal privacy law. Cook’s speech, along with video comments from Google and Facebook top bosses, in the European Union’s home base in Brussels, underscores how the U.S. tech giants are jostling to curry favor in the region as regulators tighten their scrutiny. Data protection has become a major political issue worldwide, and European regulators have led the charge in setting new rules for the big internet companies. The EU’s new General Data … [Read more...] about Apple CEO backs privacy laws, warns data being ‘weaponized’
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Tim Cook data privacy speech: Data is being “weaponized” against users
Apple's Tim Cook warned that personal data is being "weaponized" against users, and endorsed endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the U.S. Speaking Wednesday 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 U.S. federal privacy law. He also renewed the technology giant's commitment to protecting personal data. 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 U.S. tech giants are jostling to curry favor in the region as regulators tighten their scrutiny. At the same time, tech giants are under greater scrutiny by lawmakers and consumer advocates after Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data breach, when millions of users had their data unknowingly collected by a political consulting firm. Data protection has … [Read more...] about Tim Cook data privacy speech: Data is being “weaponized” against users
U.S. vs. Britain: a test of getting your personal data
By Natasha Singer and Prashant S. Rao, New York Times Published 8:00 am, Tuesday, May 29, 2018 Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS /AFP /Getty Images Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Protestors from the pressure group Avaaz demonstrate outside Portcullis house where Facebook's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is to be questioned by members of parliament in London on April 26, 2018. The New York Time’s decided to conduct a privacy experiment: Request our data in both Britain and the United States, to get a sense of how easy it will be for people in Europe to access their personal information compared with people in the United States. less Protestors from the pressure group Avaaz demonstrate outside Portcullis house where Facebook's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is to be questioned by members of parliament in London on April 26, 2018. ... more … [Read more...] about U.S. vs. Britain: a test of getting your personal data
Amid confusion, EU data privacy law goes into effect
Danica Kirka, Associated Press Updated 5:00 am, Friday, May 25, 2018 Photo: Matt Dunham, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 The founder and CEO of "My Nametags" Lars Andersen, originally from Norway, poses for photographs by a sheet label "weeding machine" at his business premises in London, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Starting Friday, May 25, 2018, My Nametags and most other companies that collect or process the personal information of EU residents must comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation, which the EU calls the most sweeping change in data protection rules in a generation. less The founder and CEO of "My Nametags" Lars Andersen, originally from Norway, poses for photographs by a sheet label "weeding machine" at his business premises in London, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Starting Friday, ... more Photo: Matt Dunham, AP … [Read more...] about Amid confusion, EU data privacy law goes into effect
Facebook announces latest plan to protect user data just ahead of sweeping EU privacy law
Facebook says it's taking new steps to enable users to make choices about the information they share online, and has released a short film that highlights the company's effort to battle false news. Facebook's latest efforts to address its missteps and attempt to regain public trust come just before the rollout of a sweeping new data privacy law in Europe. Wired editor-in-chief and CBS News contributor Nicholas Thompson spoke with the team of nine Facebook employees leading that fight. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff calls for a national privacy law "They're sending the message we know we made a mistake on false news, we are trying to fix it, we're going to try to fix it at a very deep level," Thompson told "CBS This Morning." "Over time they're going to use artificial intelligence to try to identify false news, to try to identify clickbait. They're also going to try to adjust their core algorithm so it measures more serious stuff, which will slow the way fake news spreads on the … [Read more...] about Facebook announces latest plan to protect user data just ahead of sweeping EU privacy law