The British side reportedly said they would have to produce warrants for each individual data access request, so they will always have to be made as part of an investigation into serious crime.

Senior British officials met with their U.S. counterparts to address concerns that the United Kingdom is pushing for a backdoor into Apple's ( AAPL, Financials) encrypted data, according to sources familiar with the discussions,

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public.

Apple is challenging the order, with a closed-door hearing set for Friday at London's High Court. U.K. officials insist data requests would be limited to serious crimes like terrorism and child exploitation, requiring separate warrants and primarily targeting U.K. individuals, not U.S. citizens.

British officials have held private talks with their US counterparts in an attempt to resolve concerns that the UK is trying to force Apple Inc. to build a backdoor into Americans’ encrypted data, according to people familiar with the matter.

(Reuters) -British officials held private talks with their U.S. counterparts to resolve concerns that UK is trying to force Apple to build a backdoor into Americans' encrypted data, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday,