'We've never been in the data business': Apple said it never took information from Facebook (AAPL)

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• "We've never been in the data business," Apple CEO Tim Cook told NPR on Monday.
• Cook was responding to a New York Times report that Facebook had allowed 60 phone manufacturers access to people's data, including Apple.
• It's the latest shot Cook has fired at Facebook over its privacy practices.

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Tim Cook has said Apple never took data from Facebook, after reports that Facebook granted more than 60 smartphone makers access to people's information.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Facebook had struck data sharing agreements with multiple device makers, including Apple and BlackBerry.

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