Governance lessons from the UK-US PETs Pilot for cancer research

Posted by: John Smith, Senior Technology Advisor, GDS, Max Greenwood, Policy Advisor, GDS, Murat Soncul, Head of Data Protection, GDS, Maddy Griffiths, Senior Policy Officer, ICO, Paul Comerford, Principal Technology Policy Advisor, ICO and Wendy Harrison, Deputy Director of Information Governance, NHS England, Posted on: 15 January 2026 - Categories: Data insights, Data protection, Data Standards, Data Strategy, Guidance

The UK-US Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) pilot demonstrates how privacy-by-design can be applied to international data sharing and provides a concrete model for future PETs projects across government. In this blog, we reflect on the governance lessons from the pilot.