The U.K. Home Office issued a new order to Apple requesting backdoor access into U.K. Apple users’ cloud data, the Financial Times reports. The U.K. previously issued a similar order but received pushback after Apple said it “never built a back door or master key to any of our products or services and we never will.” In response to the earlier order in February, Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection cloud storage service for U.K. users. “We are gravely disappointed that the (ADP) protections … are not available” to U.K. customers “given the continuing rise of data breaches and other threats to consumer privacy,” Apple said. Editor’s note: The IAPP recently looked back at the encryption debates as part of its 25 leaders, 25 moments at 25 years series.Â
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