Apple boss Tim Cook denies Facebook privacy scandal ties

Apple's chief executive has denied that the company collected personal data from Facebook users through a data-sharing partnership with the social network. Tim Cook said it did not fit the tech giant's way of operating. Partnerships between Facebook and around 60 device manufacturers over the past 10 years gave Apple and other companies "deep access" to user data The New York Times recently reported. Facebook said the partnerships were "built on a common interest", adding that they were necessary to spread adoption of its social network before app stores were commonplace. Mr Cook insisted his company never requested data from Facebook because it did not fit with Apple's way of operating in an interview with NPR during Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC).