If a U.K. user has not already signed up for Advanced Data Protection, they will not be able to as of February 21, Apple said.

Apple has just removed Advanced Data Protection for iCloud Users in the U.K. Here’s what it means and why it’s a big change for consumers.

Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) is a privacy feature very few people have been using. Non-techies had never heard of it, and even some geeks hadn’t enabled it. So Apple standing up to ...

With standard data protection, Apple could still access and unscramble the information, potentially providing it to enforcement agencies if compelled. However, even Apple can't access that content ...

Still, Apple says that withdrawing Advanced Data Protection from the UK will not affect the 14 iCloud data categories that are end-to-end encrypted by default.

Apple has historically used a mix of weak and strong encryption, but Advanced Data Protection (ADP) allows you to switch on E2EE for almost all of your data. Apple introduced this as an option ...

Apple is reportedly refusing to let the UK government into its end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups—so Advanced Data Protection is being pulled. Here's what you need to know.

Apple on February 21 withdrew its Advanced Data Protection feature from the United Kingdom following government demands for backdoor access to encrypted user data. The move came after UK officials ...

In response to this extraordinary demand, Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection tool from the U.K. Apple has consistently, and rightly, resisted creating backdoors to its customers’ data.

Apple users in the United Kingdom will no longer have access to a key data security feature for iCloud storage: Advanced Data Protection. It’s a relatively small change, but privacy experts ...

It's worth noting, however, that Advanced Data Protection doesn't apply to all iCloud data. iCloud Mail, Contacts, Calendar aren't end-to-end encrypted because they need to interoperate.