Wed, 12 Mar 2025

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 Secret hearing on Friday in Apple and UK government data row

The BBC understands the dispute over accessing encrypted data is set to be heard at the High Court.

* Apple is set to appeal a UK government demand to access highly encrypted customer data at a secret hearing in the High Court on Friday.
* The US tech giant took legal action after the Home Office demanded access to customer information protected by Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP) programme.
* The government claims it needs to be able to see the data if there is a national security risk, but Apple says creating a "backdoor" would undermine the security of its systems and put customers at risk.
* The hearing will be held in private due to its relation to the security services, but campaigners argue that the public has a right to know about the case.
* Apple has previously stated that it has never built a backdoor or master key into any of its products and will not do so in the future.
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