Apple is squaring up with the Indian government over the introduction of an anti-spam app which enables users to report unsolicited calls and texts as spam.

India’s telecoms regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is reportedly exploring the idea of taking legal action against the tech giant for its refusal to allow the government’s ‘Do Not Disturb’ app access to user call and text logs.  

“We will take appropriate legal action,” R.S. Sharma, head of TRAI, told Reuters. “This is unjust, it shows the approach and attitude of this company.”

Back in October, Apple came to an agreement with the telecoms regulator to provide it some help with using iOS features to build the app. However, the two parties have not met since November and Apple is now of the opinion that the government app “as envisioned violates the privacy policy” of its App Store.

Apple’s reluctance to allow the Indian government access to call and text data comes down to the iPhone maker’s general refusal to supply call and text data to any third-party apps as a means to protect the security and privacy of its users.

The Do Not Disturb app has existed on Android since 2016. It requires users to grant the app permissions to access contacts and view text messages when they first open it. From then on, the app can be used to report unsolicited calls as spam – working very much in the same manner as an app like TrueCaller.