Open call for evidence

Data brokers and national security

From:: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Published: 17 March 2025

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.

This call for evidence is being held on another website.

This call for evidence closes at
11:59pm on 12 May 2025

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

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