A secretive London court hearing involves Apple's appeal against a UK order to create a 'back door' to its encrypted cloud storage. This follows a 'technical capability notice' issued by Britain, demanding access to encrypted messages.

UK rights groups have asked a British court to open a hearing Friday on Apple’s bid to avoid building spy capability into its encrypted cloud storage.

Two human rights groups have filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in an attempt to quash the

The Guardian reports Apple has a secret appeal hearing tomorrow against the UK government’s demand for a backdoor to encrypted iCloud backups. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal lists a private hearing in its schedule.

A pair of human rights groups are challenging the UK government's shockingly intrusive order for Apple to create a backdoor into its encrypted user data, as first reported by Financial Times. Privacy International and Liberty have filed a legal complaint with the country's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT),

UK and US officials have reportedly recently held private discussions regarding iPhone maker Apple’s (AAPL) encryption policies, according to

British officials have held private talks with their US counterparts in an attempt to resolve concerns that the UK is trying to force Apple Inc. to build a backdoor into Americans’ encrypted data, according to people familiar with the matter.

Senior British officials met with their U.S. counterparts to address concerns that the United Kingdom is pushing for a backdoor into Apple's ( AAPL, Financials) encrypted data, according to sources familiar with the discussions, Bloomberg reports.