Apple says it will stop offering an advanced data security option for British users after the government reportedly demanded that the company provide backdoor access for any data those users have stor

Apple disabled its most secure data storage offering for new customers in the United Kingdom rather than comply with a secret government order.

The reported order from Britain's Home Office is further proof that governments pose a greater privacy risk than corporations.

Security officials argue that encryption hinders criminal investigations, while tech firms defend it as essential to user privacy.

Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain, the company said on Friday, an unprecedented response to government demands for access to user data.

It is not known how many people have signed up for ADP since it became available to British Apple customers in December 20

Apple pulls its latest end-to-end encryption feature in the UK as it fights back against the country’s order to create a backdoor for accessing user data. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman joins Caroline Hyde and Jackie Davalos on "".

Law enforcement in the country was pressuring the company to create a tool that would act like a back door into customers’ data.