Apple Inc. will no longer be forced to provide a so-called backdoor to American users’ data to the UK government, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Monday in a post on X.

Apple’s response was to withdraw ADP from the U.K. market, after which it started a legal challenge that was due to be heard at a tribunal in early 2026. The company appealed through the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which later rejected a bid from the British Home Office to keep the proceedings secret.

Britain has dropped its demand for the iPhone maker Apple to provide a "backdoor" that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said.