The reason your idea won't fly with Apple is because Apple wants to project the idea that your data is safe from anyone on their products, even from Apple. I'm sure this is a concern for some people while they post every detail of their life on Facebook they still want to be private.

I have mixed feelings about this. Especially since it looks to be a work phone. Most companies spell it out very clearly that any thing you do on their owned equipment is subject to their monitoring and is their data. So really the owner of the phone just wants their data.