Tim Cook calls for US federal privacy law to tackle 'weaponized' personal data

Apple CEO warns of ‘data industrial complex’Facebook and Google chiefs also voice support for regulationApple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, called on Wednesday for a federal privacy law in the US to protect against voracious internet companies hoarding so much digital data that the businesses know citizens “better than they know themselves” – and then often sell the information on.Cook warned in a keynote speech that personal data was being “weaponized&rd