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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Rachel Hall

Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data

Entering passcode on an Apple  iPhone.
Apple launched the complaint after the UK government made a second request to access encrypted data. Photograph: ymgerman/Getty Images

Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data, a year after the Home Office agreed to abandon its previous request.

The US tech company launched the legal complaint last month at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent court that has the power to investigate claims that the UK intelligence services have acted unlawfully.

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