If a U.K. user has not already signed up for Advanced Data Protection, they will not be able to as of February 21, Apple said. Instead, those users will see a message: “Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the United Kingdom to new users.”

In response to the UK government’s demand to create a backdoor for accessing iCloud storage and backups, Apple is taking a drastic measure by dropping an important encryption feature for the users in the country,

Apple is reportedly refusing to let the UK government into its end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups—so Advanced Data Protection is being pulled. Here's what you need to know.