Tulsi Gabbard, the head of the American National Intelligence, says that she was not informed in advance of the British government’s request to be able to access the encrypted data of Apple clients from anywhere in the world.
In a letter, Ms. Gabbard said she was looking for more information at the FBI and other American agencies.
She said that if the reports were true, the actions of the British government constituted a “blatant violation” of the private life of American citizens.
The opinion of the Home Office, which cannot be made legally made public, was issued to Apple under the British law on the powers of investigation in January.
Ms. Gabbard added that she was also looking for legal advice to find out if the United Kingdom had violated an agreement between IT and the United States so as not to demand data from citizens from each other.
In response to home office advice last week Apple withdrew its high -level confidentiality tool, advanced data protection, from the British market.
Advanced data protection, external (ADP) means that only account holders can display elements such as photos or documents that they stored online via a process called end.
Apple should break its encryption systems in order to comply with the British government’s demand, because currently it cannot see the data protected in this way, it would therefore not be able to share it with the police. This is something he says that it will never do.
Apple’s British user data remains encrypted in the United Kingdom, but at a level, which means that it is accessible by the technology giant if it is served with a mandate.
The letter to Senator Ron Whyden and the Andy Biggs representative who was now published online, Tulsi Gabbard said she had first read the advice in the media and had only been informed in the United Kingdom or Apple.
Apple did not comment. The home office was contacted by the BBC.
