About this register

The Data Asset Register is kept by the Data Asset Registrar under the Foundations (Data Asset Register) Regulations 2026.

It describes registered data assets, the Data Asset Foundations responsible for them, and their governance: what each asset is, who holds it, what it may be used for, whether it has been independently checked and what has changed. The underlying datasets remain with their lawful custodians. Registration is not permission to use a dataset.

What is public

Level 1 is open to anyone without an account: the identifier, name, status, classification, declared purpose, accreditation and history of every registered asset, and the index of archived entries. Level 2 adds detail for approved professional users. Level 3 is restricted to the parties to a foundation, its assurance provider, the Registrar and those with a legal right.

How entries are kept

Every change to the register is a recorded transaction with its author, role, time and reason. Earlier versions of an entry remain visible in its history, and the register publishes signed checkpoints of its state so that anyone can check later that nothing was altered or removed quietly.

Status of this service

The service is in development. Its entries, where present, are examples and not official registrations, verified evidence or data licences.