AI Input Zone

The AI Input Zone is one component of our AI Lab[1], helping us to support safe and responsible innovation, promote growth and competitiveness of the sector, and gain a practical understanding of AI usage in financial services.

We are reopening the Input Zone to gather views from different market participants to understand what stakeholders feel 'good' looks like in terms of safe and responsible AI development, and what can be learned from and improved. This will help to inform a good and poor practice publication on AI later this year.

We are keen to hear specific examples with as much detail as you can provide so that what we produce is grounded in the latest evidence. These examples do not need to be specifically about financial services, but should be relevant to financial services firms looking to deploy AI safely and responsibly (for example, effective governance processes for complex AI systems). Any examples we receive will be anonymised for publication.

Response details

We're asking for responses to the questions below by 19 June 2026.

We encourage stakeholders to use this online form for responses. If you're unable to, you can email us or write to: AI Policy, Financial Conduct Authority, 12 Endeavour Square, London E20 1JN.

We may publish information derived from the responses we receive. Please let us know if you do not wish your participation and/or response to be made public by selecting the relevant option in the form below, or by stating this clearly in your email or written submission.

Please note that a standard confidentiality disclaimer in an email will not be treated as a request for non-disclosure. We may not be able to maintain confidentiality where we are subject to a legal duty to publish or disclose the information in question (for example, if required to do so under the Freedom of Information Act 2000).

Privacy notice

As part of the AI Input Zone, the FCA will collect and process your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). The FCA acts as the data controller, and your data will be used specifically for the purpose of administering and managing your participation in the AI Input Zone.

We collect personal data, including but not limited to your name, email address, and organisation details to:

Allow us to follow-up with respondents if we have questions about your response.
Verify your identity.
Communicate updates and information about the AI Input Zone.

Lawful basis for us obtaining and using this personal data

We use this personal data under Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR (it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest) and Section 8(c) of the DPA 2018 (processing necessary for the exercise of a function conferred on a person by an enactment or rule of law). Since some of these activities are entirely optional for an individual’s participation, Article 6(1)(e) would not be the appropriate lawful basis to rely on alone for processing in certain scenarios. In these circumstances, we also obtain appropriate consent from the individuals who participate in such activities, under the UK GDPR Article 6(1)(a) and/or Article 9(2)(a).

Data retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined above, or as required by law.
Further information on our retention policy can be found in FCA’s privacy notice using the link below.

Your rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

request access to, and deletion or correction of, information about you
object to the way in which we use information about you
request that your personal data be transferred to another organisation
complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy about the way we use information about you
If you wish to find out what personal data, if any, we hold about you or if you wish to exercise any of your other privacy rights, you can contact our Information Disclosure Team. To enable us to process your request as quickly as possible, we will need you to provide us with some information about yourself. You may find it helpful to complete our individual rights request form.

Read our full privacy notice[2]

More information

For further information, you can contact us at:

FCA, 12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN
Email: [email protected]

By proceeding with your application, you acknowledge and agree to the collection and use of your personal data as described.