apple The British government’s efforts have won, keeping the details of its appeals private to target orders to create a “backdoor” for iPhone users’ data.

The UK’s Court of Investigation issued a ruling on Monday dismissing the government’s attempt to prevent details of the appeal hearing from being publicly publicly. The government has tried to keep information secret, citing risks to national security.

In their ruling, Judges Rabinder Singh and Jeremy Johnson said the demand for private hearings by the UK government “will be the most fundamental intervention in the principle of open justice.”

“It is a truly extraordinary step to conduct a hearing completely in secret without any public disclosure of the facts of the hearing taking place,” they said.

The UK home office did not immediately comment when CNBC contacted.

The ruling involves Apple’s appeal against the British government’s request Allow officials to access encrypted data from iPhone users Through technology “backdoor”.

The backdoor will allow government access to Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system, which applies end-to-end encryption to various iCloud data.

The U.S., UK and EU governments have long expressed dissatisfaction with end-to-end encryption, believing that it allows criminals, terrorists and sex offenders to cover up illegal activities.

In the UK, the 2016 Investigation Rights Act empowers the government to force tech companies to weaken their encryption technology through so-called “backdoors”, a seriously controversial policy for the technology industry and privacy campaigners.

Apple, known for its pro-private stance, gradually worked to undermine its encryption tools, saying it would undermine its security and put users at risk.

Apple withdrew its ADP system for a UK user in February due to a government order. exist Blog Posts At the time, the tech giant said it “never established a backdoor or master key for any of our products or services, and we will never.”

“We are very disappointed that customers in the UK will no longer have the option of Advanced Data Protection (ADP), especially given the continued growth of data breaches and other threats to customer privacy,” Apple said in the post.

“Apple remains committed to providing our users with the highest security of their personal data and we hope we can do so in the future in the UK.”