Apple will not be required to provide an encryption backdoor in the UK, easing concerns about weakened privacy and security safeguards. The announcement was made by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on social media late Monday evening.

WASHINGTON/London >> Britain has dropped its demand for the iPhone maker Apple to provide a “backdoor” that would have enabled access to the protected, encrypted data of American citizens, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said.

Apple won a major privacy fight after U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard said Britain dropped its encryption backdoor demand, ending a dispute that risked violating the CLOUD Act and undermining user security.