Apple-UK data privacy row should not be secret, court rules

Apple-UK data privacy row should not be secret, court rules The Home Office has failed in its bid to keep all the details of its data privacy legal row with Apple out of the public domain. The UK government wants the right to be able access information secured by Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system, citing powers given to it under the Investigatory Powers Act. At the moment Apple has no such capability - such data can only be accessed by the user - and says it does not want to create what it calls a "backdoor" into ADP because of concerns it could be used for criminal purposes. The government's request prompted fierce criticism from privacy campaigners and some US politicians. ... Read full article.