UK Data Transfer Framework Under Simultaneous Review — Three Consultations Close in September

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has three overlapping data-governance consultations closing in the first two weeks of September 2026: a call for evidence on the UK international data transfer framework (closing September 9), a call for views on data regulation for AI (closing September 9), and the broader DSIT consultation on data intermediaries (which closed August 31). The simultaneity of these reviews reflects the UK's post-Brexit effort to establish its own international data transfer regime distinct from the EU's adequacy decision framework. The UK currently benefits from an EU adequacy decision — renewed in December 2025 — but its own framework for outbound international transfers is under active policy review. Law firms advising clients on UK-EU data flows should monitor the DSIT call for evidence closely: the outcome could reshape the bilateral transfer basis for the UK's largest data-flow partner.