Apple is "deeply concerned" that proposed changes to a United Kingdom law could give the UK government unprecedented power to "secretly veto" privacy and security updates to its products and services, the tech giant said in a statement provided to Ars.

If passed, potentially this spring, the amendments to the UK's Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) could deprive not just UK users, but all users globally of important new privacy and security features, Apple warned.

The proposed amendments require that any company that fields government data requests must notify UK officials of any updates they planned to make that could restrict the UK government's access to this data, including any updates impacting users outside the UK.