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Tim Cook warns of ‘data-industrial complex’ in call for comprehensive US privacy laws — The Verge

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has called for new digital privacy laws in the United States, warning that the collection of huge amounts of personal data by companies is harming society, writes James Vincent.

Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18017842/tim-cook-data-privacy-laws-us-speech-brussels

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