WASHINGTON/London >> 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, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said.

Apple won a major privacy fight after U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard said Britain dropped its encryption backdoor demand, ending a dispute that risked violating the CLOUD Act and undermining user security.

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.