A few weeks after the UK government demanded Apple to create a backdoor on users' encrypted iCloud accounts to retrieve the content any Apple user has uploaded to the cloud, Apple decided to pull out ...

Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team explores key changes to UK data protection rules introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and provides a checklist of ...

In May 2020, we published a blog post about the US-UK Data Access Agreement, a first-of-its-kind reciprocal agreement between the US and the UK. Under the agreement, law enforcement agencies in either ...

A new data bill from the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) aims to revive several measures that failed to pass under the prior government, while rowing back on some ...

Apple has withdrawn its Advanced Data Protection iCloud feature from the United Kingdom following government demands for backdoor access to encrypted user data, according to Bloomberg. The move comes ...

The European Commission has renewed its data adequacy agreement with the UK, guaranteeing free flow of data with the European Union (EU) for a further six years. The agreement assures that the UK’s ...

Apple users in the UK can no longer access one of the company's most powerful data protection tools, as first reported by Bloomberg. The feature, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), allows iPhone users to ...

The UK government has introduced its Data Use and Access Bill (DUAB) to Parliament, but proposed reforms to police data protection rules could undermine law enforcement data adequacy with the European ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Birch is a London-based advisor on digital financial services. Financial services rest on the twin, but interrelated, ...

Global data privacy regulations are becoming increasingly intricate, presenting challenges for businesses engaging in international trade. In July 2023, the European Commission strengthened the ...

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