The administration of President Donald Trump has pressured, successfully, the United Kingdom to drop a pending demand for a “back door” access to Apple product users’ data.
And that means Americans’ personal information now is more secure.
It’s a report at the Blaze that outlines how the confirmation comes from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
The report explained that U.K. residents have been worried by their own government’s insistence on having the ability to “tap into their bank records as well as their personal photos and messages through their iPhones.”
It was the home secretary in the government there that had insisted Apple remove its “advanced data protection” and “end-to-end encryption” for users of its products there.
That triggered Gabbard, the report said.
“The UK and the EU have gotten in the habit of bullying American companies when they don’t have a leg to stand on,” said Josh Centers, tech writer.
Over the past few months, I’ve been working closely with our partners in the UK, alongside @POTUS and @VP, to ensure Americans’ private data remains private and our Constitutional rights and civil liberties are protected.
As a result, the UK has agreed to drop its mandate for…
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) August 19, 2025
Taking part in the reported pressure campaign were American officials to include President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and others.
U.K. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper soon dropped the demand, a move that protects not only U.K. consumers but those in the U.S. as well, the report said.
Gabbard announced on social media, “Over the past few months, I’ve been working closely with our partners in the UK, alongside [Trump] and [Vance], to ensure Americans’ private data remains private and our Constitutional rights and civil liberties are protected.
“As a result, the UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a ‘back door’ that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties.”
A U.K. government official said in an interview with the Telegraph the agreement with the United States includes “critical safeguards to prevent the U.K. and U.S. from targeting the data of each other’s citizens.”
Centers said now the American tech industry should push for further privacy protections.
Explained Lewis Brackpool, of Restore Britain, “When the state can read everything you say, your right to freedom of expression is put in the grave before it even begins.”
