After conceding that most of his family members used an iPhone, Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, admits that Apple's approach to data protection is a model to follow.
In an interview with the Financial Times, the company manager wished to reaffirm Huawei's position on confidentiality. Namely that no customer data will ever be transmitted to the Chinese government.
"We are not tracking any data"
" The data belongs to the users, not us. Operators must locate all their users, otherwise, phone calls might not work. These are the prerogatives of the operators to track the data of the users. We, as an equipment supplier, are not tracking any data, "Red Zhengfei argues in the columns of the Financial Times.
The CEO of Huawei is thus placed in the position of a white knight of the protection of private data, relying on the model cited in the interview by the head of the company: Apple.
Indeed, the Cupertino company has made a specialty of setting itself as a paragon of confidentiality. Many tools and locks have been put in place by Apple to prevent, if not restricted to the extreme, data leaks that could lead to the identification of a user.
An absence of evidence that discredits the USA
As for the transmission of personal data to the Chinese government: " We would never do such a thing," said Huawei's CEO. " If we had done it just once, the United States would have evidence to provide to the world. Then the 170 countries and regions we are dealing with would stop buying our products, and our business would collapse. "
Collapse, the word may be a bit strong. Still, the US sanctions against the Chinese giant do not do good to his finances. The latest estimates point to a loss of nearly $ 30 billion this year - a net profit of $ 8 billion.
Ren Zhengfei concludes with astonishment at the American paradox. " The Chinese government does not intervene in American affairs. I do not understand why the US government micromanage so much its US companies.
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