Call for evidence outcome

Data brokers and national security

From:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Published
17 March 2025
Last updated
4 December 2025 — See all updates
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Data brokers and national security: government response

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Detail of outcome

This is the UK government’s response to the data brokers and national security call for views held between 17 March 2025 and 12 May 2025. It provides a high-level summary of the key themes identified through thematic analysis of the responses and intended next steps.

We received 168 full responses, including from a:

  • business, trade organisation or consumer group
  • academic, public sector body, member of the public or other

Original call for evidence

Summary

A call for views about the data broking industry, data brokers’ operations, security practices and customers, to support policy development to ensure the security of UK data.

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Call for evidence description

The UK government is seeking views to understand more about organisations that take part in data broking and the wider industry. In particular, the government would like to understand the operations, security practices and customers of data brokers, to support policy development.

This includes:

  • the definition and services of data brokers
  • national security risks related to the industry
  • the effectiveness of existing security governance arrangements
  • data brokers’ customers and consumer awareness

Documents

Data brokers and national security

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Data brokers and national security: privacy notice

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Updates to this page

Published 17 March 2025
Last updated 4 December 2025 show all updates

  1. Government response published.

  2. Call for Evidence deadline for views extended until 23:59 on 16 May 2025 (from 12 May 2025).

  3. First published.

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