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US examining whether UK's encryption demand on Apple broke data treaty
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 26, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 26, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
US officials are examining if UK's demand for Apple to create a backdoor in its encrypted systems breaches the CLOUD Act, affecting international data privacy agreements.
(Reuters) - U.S. officials are examining whether the U.K. broke agreements between the two nations with a reported demand that Apple build a backdoor into its encrypted cloud storage systems.
Apple last week withdrew an encrypted storage feature or U.K. users after refusing to create a backdoor that would have allowed the government to access backups of photos and messages - including for users outside the U.K.
In a letter dated February 25 to two U.S. lawmakers, Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. director of national intelligence, said that the U.S. is examining whether the demand broke a bilaterial agreement called the CLOUD Act that bars the U.K. from issuing demands for the data of U.S. citizens and vice versa.
(Reporting by Stephen Nellis)
The main topic is the US investigation into whether the UK's encryption demand on Apple violates the CLOUD Act.
Apple withdrew the feature after refusing to create a backdoor for the UK government, which would have allowed access to user data.
The CLOUD Act is a bilateral agreement that prevents the UK from demanding data of US citizens and vice versa.
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