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Apple has filed a court appeal to overturn an order issued by the government of United Kingdom that demanded sweeping access to users’ encrypted cloud data and prompted criticism from several quarters.
The iPhone-maker’s appeal was filed before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, an independent court empowered to probe allegations against the UK’s Security Service, according to sources .
It is the latest development in a tussle between Apple and the UK government’s Home Office, which reportedly issued a secret order in January this year, requiring the tech giant to offer the country’s law enforcement blanket access to Apple’s cloud data in the event of a potential national security threat.
User data that is stored on iCloud and has been end-to-end encrypted via Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature, is not accessible to the company as well.
Hence, Apple decided to disable the ADP feature for users in the UK instead of creating a backdoor to encryption and complying with the government notice.
The removal of ADP in the UK means that Apple can, in certain cases, access user data and hand it over to authorities if legally compelled. The company has said that it would never compromise its security features and it was disappointed at having to take the action in the UK.