Bloomberg The UK government will direct Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Twitter Inc. and other tech companies to simplify their data management policies for consumers after disclosures about recent breaches, the Sunday Times reported. Matt Hancock, the UK digital, culture and media secretary, told the newspaper that the digital powerhouses were failing to provide users with clear and concise terms ...

Bloomberg Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has called for stronger privacy regulations that prevent the misuse of data in the light of the controversial leak of Facebook user information. Cook called for “well-crafted” regulations that prevent the information of users being put together and applied in new ways without their knowledge during a session on global inequality at the annual ...

Bloomberg Telenor agreed to sell its businesses in central and eastern Europe to Czech billionaire Petr Kellner’s investment firm PPF Group for $3.4 billion as the Norwegian phone company focuses on markets in Asia and Scandinavia. Telenor will share some of the proceeds with its shareholders, the Fornebu, Norway-based company said. The sale includes Telenor’s mobile operations in Hungary, Bulgaria, ...