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compel companies to remove encryption and makes it illegal for companies to reveal when they have received such an order, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the U.K.\u2019s Home Office told Bloomberg, per the report: \u201cWe do not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any such notices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple said in March, when the amendments to the act that would allow these orders were proposed, that it was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about the amendments, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an unprecedented overreach by the government and, if enacted, the U.K. could attempt to secretly veto new user protections globally preventing us from ever offering them to customers,\u201d Apple said at the time.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-1020424117\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async 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