Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has serious concerns about the British government’s reported demand that Apple provide backdoor access to any data stored in the cloud.

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called for an investigation after the UK government ordered Apple Inc. to build a backdoor into the global data of its customers.

U.S. director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard calls the U.K.’s order for Apple (AAPL) to add an iCloud backdoor an “egregious” violation

Tulsi Gabbard called the order, which demands Apple permit the United Kingdom backdoor access into global users’ iCloud backups, a “clear and egregious” violation of Americans’ privacy.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has serious concerns about the British government's reported demand that Apple provide backdoor access to any data stored in the cloud. In a written response to members of Congress,

The order required Apple to develop the capability to defeat the strong encryption in its optional Advanced Data Protection cloud data storage.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has condemned the United Kingdom's demand for Apple Inc. to create a "backdoor" to encrypted iCloud accounts, calling it a "clear and egregious violation of Americans' privacy and civil liberties.

Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, has hit out at the UK’s demand that Apple build a “back door” in its iCloud security system, saying such a move would be an “egregious violation” of Americans’ privacy that may breach the two countries’ data agreement.

US director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard wrote in a letter that her lawyers are “working to provide a legal opinion on the implications” of the UK’s reported demand for a backdoor to all Apple users’ encrypted data breaks the Cloud Act agreement,

If Apple decides to take legal action against the UK, Elon Musk looks likely to support it.The UK government is said to have issued a "secret order" for access to user data.Musk has been critical of Apple's privacy practices in the past.

Apple is now reportedly taking the British Government to court Move comes after the UK Government reportedly asked Apple to build an encryption key Apple refused, and disabled its encryption service for UK users The UK Government's privacy row with Apple over an alleged backdoor request continues,