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Tolsi Gabbard, the American Director of National Intelligence, may ask Apple that Apple is building a “back door” in its ICLOUD security system, saying that this step will be a “terrible violation” of the privacy of Americans that may violate the country’s data agreement.

Response to letter Among the democratic Senator Ron Widen and a member of the Republican Congress, Andy Bigz, Gabbard said that she is involved in their “great interest” that it could allow the British authorities to access American personal data and ordered lawyers and intelligence officials to investigate the matter.

“I share your justified concern about the serious effects of the United Kingdom, or any foreign country, asking Apple or any” back door “creation company that would allow access to the personal encoding data of the Americans. “This will be a clear and terrible violation of the privacy of Americans and civil freedoms, and they open a dangerous vulnerability for cyber exploitation by hostile actors.”

Apple last week The safer cloud storage service pulled From the United Kingdom, he said it “cannot be provided” to protect advanced data (ADP) for the country.

The move came after it appeared that Apple received a “technical notice” secretly last month under the UK investigation authorities law, calling for allowing the law enforcement to access the encrypted data stored in the cloud.

Under the iPa, which was updated last year in the last weeks of the previous conservative government, the beneficiaries are not allowed to notify the technical ability to discuss it. Gabbard said she was not aware of the request before being reported in the press earlier this month.

Law enforcement officials have clashed with technology companies for more than a decade due to the use of encryption. Investigators say criminals on Shields and impeded terrorist investigations and children’s users.

Technology companies including Apple and WhatsApp have argued that the encryption provides vital protection for consumers because it pledges more and more than their personal information for smartphones, correspondence applications and online storage services.

The United Kingdom and the United States hit Agreement access to bilateral data In 2019, the countries are allowed to participate in terrorism -related evidence and other serious crimes after the approval of a judge or another independent authority.

Gabbard said that its legal team is studying the effects of the UK’s request on this agreement, known as the cloud law, adding that the “initial review” indicates that the United Kingdom “may not issue requests for American citizens, citizens or permanent legal residents.”

She said: “I look forward to ensuring that the UK government takes the necessary measures to protect the privacy of American citizens, in line with the law of the cloud and other laws in force.”

Earlier this month, Wyden and Biggs called on US President Donald Trump and Apple’s administration to “tell the United Kingdom that it can go directly to hell with its secret request,” saying: “The United States government should not allow what is the actual foreign Internet attack that has been launched through political means.”

Apple itself cannot access the stored data using the ADP “comprehensive” encryption system. Compliance with the UK arrangement requires Apple to violate it protectionWithout knowing its users.

Unlike the standard iCloud storage system, which Apple can decipher when receiving a law, ADP activates users requires to keep the only key that is able to unlock their data.

Apple said last week: “We are very disappointed because the protection provided by ADP will not be available to our UK customers, given the continuous rise in data violations and other threats to the customer’s privacy,” Apple said last week.

“As we said several times before, we have never built a rear door or a mastery key for any of our products or services and we will never be able to do so.”