Apple is facing a £3 billion (about $3.75 billion) lawsuit from a consumer group that alleges the iPhone maker violated UK competition law by “forcing” customers to use its iCloud service. In its press release,

The UK's "Which?" consumer group and publication is to sue Apple over what it claims is the company's anti-competitive way of locking users into paying for iCloud storage.

Apple encouraged its users to sign up to iCloud to store photos, videos and other data while making it difficult to use alternative providers. Customers then had to pay for the service once their data exceeded the free 5GB limit,

A British consumer advocacy group has launched a $3.8 billion antitrust class action against Apple on behalf of its 40 million U.K. customers alleging the U.S. tech giant is fleecing them by locking them into iCloud.

U.K. consumer-protection group Which? said the iPhone maker had breached competition rules by tying consumers to its iCloud storage service.

The U.K. consumer rights association, Which?, is pursuing legal action against Apple over claims of anti-competitive practices against iCloud users. Here’s what we know so far.