Apple is challenging a U.K. government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The order targeted

Apple has issued a legal challenge against the British government over a demand to create a backdoor for encrypted iCloud accounts, as reported by Financial Times. The company has filed a complaint in the hopes to reverse the order.

Apple won a ruling dismissing a lawsuit that accused the iPhone maker of illegally monopolizing the market for digital storage, causing consumers to pay more for its iCloud service.

Apple is taking the UK government to court over efforts to force the company to weaken iCloud encryption. The case, filed under the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), seeks to compel Apple to create a backdoor that would allow law enforcement access to user data, not just in the UK but potentially in other countries too.

Apple has begun legal action to resist a secret demand by the U.K. government for access to iPhone users’ data. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the Financial Times reports that the company has made an appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, seeking (likely on grounds of U.S. national security) to have the order quashed.

Apple told TechRepublic it is “gravely disappointed” to remove Advanced Data Protection in the U.K., as it fights government demands for an iCloud backdoor.

Apple has withdrawn its Advanced Data Protection iCloud feature from the United Kingdom following government demands for backdoor access to

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Another lawsuit alleging that Apple uses its monopoly powers to force users to pay more for iCloud storage has been dismissed.