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Quote in NYT | Principle before Profit

Farzana Aslam, Associate Director of the Center for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong, noted that in matters involving customer privacy, Apple requires governments to submit subpoenas, search warrants or other legal documents.

“Maybe in the end they have to do it, but I think there’s something to be said about standing up for what you believe in and purporting to put principle before profit in a country like China, to show that actually there is this tension there,” Ms. Aslam said. “It’s not as simple as, ‘Because we operate in your jurisdiction, we’ll do anything you ask of us.’”

She added that it was “very worrying” that Apple had not disclosed what laws the authorities said were violated, making it difficult for The Times and other publishers to file an appeal or challenge the government’s requests.

Originally posted on New York Times: Apple Removes New York Times Apps From Its Store in China

Farzana Aslam

Farzana Aslam is the founder of Kintillo, a leadership, workplace culture and career transition consultancy working with organisations and professionals across the legal and professional services sectors. Farzana brings more than two decades of international legal, academic and organisational experience to her work. Her background includes practice as an employment law barrister at 3 Hare Court in London, in-house employment counsel at Goldman Sachs in Asia-Pacific and Japan, and Principal Lecturer at the The University of Hong Kong, where she taught Professional Ethics, Civil Litigation, Employment Law and Business and Human Rights.

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