This Call for Evidence seeks practical, experience-based insight into how international data transfers work in practice, and whether the UK’s data regime is enabling data flows you can trust. We want to understand: does the UK’s approach to international data transfers achieve this as effectively as it can do? Where should we preserve the current system, and what parts of it are most suitable for reform?
It invites respondents’ views across four thematic areas:
- Theme 1: awareness and behaviour around international transfers
- Theme 2: understanding and use of international transfer mechanisms
- Theme 3: balancing compliance with accountability
- Theme 4: ensuring trust in the face of a changing world
This Call for Evidence is open until 11:59pm on 9 September 2026. Please see the full document on Gov.UK for further details.
You are welcome to answer as many or as few sections as are relevant to your expertise or experience. We particularly welcome:
- short case studies or worked examples;
- descriptions of governance or decision-making processes (what you do in practice);
- operational detail on implementation (technical, organisational, contractual, or otherwise); and
any existing analysis, data, research, or evaluations you can share (including unpublished material).
Please do not include personal data (such as names, contact details, or other identifying information) in free‑text responses unless specifically requested.
Privacy notice
This Call for Evidence is being run by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Further information on how DSIT will use respondents' personal data can be found in the full call for evidence privacy notice.