Intelligence officials are investigating the potential implications of Apple sharing users’ iCloud data with the UK, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard addressed reports that the United Kingdom served Apple with a secret order demanding a “back door” to its iCloud encryption.

The order was reportedly ordered to “facilitate UK government access to any Apple iCloud users’ uploaded data anywhere in the world’s world, she wrote in a letter to members of Congress .

“This would be a clear and egregious violation of Americans ’ privacy and civil liberties,” she said.