Apple says it will stop offering an advanced data security option for British users after the government reportedly demanded that the company provide backdoor access for any data those users have stored in the cloud.

The reported order from Britain's Home Office is further proof that governments pose a greater privacy risk than corporations.

Apple disabled its most secure data storage offering for new customers in the United Kingdom rather than comply with a secret government order.

Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain, the company said on Friday, an unprecedented response to government demands for access to user data.

It is not known how many people have signed up for ADP since it became available to British Apple customers in December 20

Law enforcement in the country was pressuring the company to create a tool that would act like a back door into customers’ data.