US intelligence head 'not told' about UK's secret Apple data demand

US intelligence head 'not told' about UK's secret Apple data demand The Home Office notice, which cannot legally be made public, was issued to Apple under the UK's Investigatory Powers Act in January. She said if the reports were true, the UK government's actions amounted to an "egregious violation" of US citizens' privacy. In a letter, Ms Gabbard said she was seeking further information from the FBI and other US agencies. Tulsi Gabbard, the head of US National Intelligence, says she was not informed in advance about the UK government's demand to be able to access Apple customers' encrypted data from anywhere in the world. Ms Gabbard added that she was also seeking legal advice over whether the UK had breached an agreement between it and the US not to demand data belonging to each other's citizens. In response to the Home Office notice, last week Apple pulled its top level privacy tool, Advanced Data Protection, from the UK market. Advanced Data Protection, external (ADP) means ... Read full article.