Apple is resisting yet another legal request from the U.K. government to gain access to the encrypted information of its users within the nation, as reported by the Financial Times.

The firm has allegedly lodged a complaint with the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which addresses cases concerning government surveillance, following a “technical capability notice” issued by the government last year. This notice is a confidential legal order from the government demanding entry to users’ information, even if that information is encrypted.

For detractors, such a request is akin to asking for a backdoor to Apple’s cloud backups that have Advanced Data Protection (ADP) enabled, rendering the data end-to-end encrypted and out of reach for anyone other than the user, including Apple.

This latest challenge arises a year after a similar dispute between Apple and the U.K. government. In early 2025, London issued a confidential directive to Apple seeking access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups, which was subsequently withdrawn following the intervention of the Trump administration.

In response to the initial directive, the company acted by disabling the option for U.K. users to utilize ADP. Then, in October, the U.K. presented a second directive, which Apple is currently contesting.

Apple has not provided a response to TechCrunch’s request for comment.