Apple issues new challenge against UK order for access to private user data
Summary
Apple has filed a new legal challenge against the UK government over its demand for secret access to encrypted user data. The dispute involves a UK law that allows authorities to require tech companies to provide ways to access protected data, but Apple says it does not have and will not create a “backdoor” to access users’ private information.Key Facts
- Apple launched a court complaint against the UK government about covert surveillance powers.
- The case relates to the UK Home Office’s request for “backdoor” access to Apple’s advanced encrypted data.
- Advanced Data Protection encrypts user data so strongly that even Apple cannot see it.
- The UK government wants access to encrypted data to investigate terrorism, serious crime, and child abuse.
- Apple stopped offering its Advanced Data Protection feature to UK users in February 2025 due to the dispute.
- Legal challenges are based on the Investigatory Powers Act, which allows secret government orders to access data.
- Privacy groups support Apple’s challenge, warning that backdoors could harm users’ privacy and security.
- The government has defended encryption but says law enforcement access must be possible when necessary.
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