Homebase DIGITAL

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Homebase’s current customer-service materials state that the Homebase brand is a trading style owned by CDS (Superstores International) Limited. ¹

The Homebase privacy notice identifies CDS Superstores International Ltd t/a The Range as the controller for personal data processed through homebase.co.uk. ²

The notice identifies Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising as website partners and describes collection of behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session-replay information. ²

The notice also identifies broad third-party categories including IT and website service providers, suppliers, couriers, advertising and marketing agencies, social-media platforms, and professional advisers, without naming its systems integrators, managed-security providers, or underlying enterprise products. ²

No public evidence identified of Homebase licensing, subscribing to, or integrating Check Point, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, NICE, Verint, Claroty, Palo Alto Networks, or another verified Israeli-origin enterprise-technology vendor.

A 2016 Home Retail Group annual report described transition services following the former Homebase sale as including call centres and information technology, but did not identify providers, processing locations, Israeli infrastructure, or any continuing arrangement. ³

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

Homebase’s privacy notice confirms collection of behavioural website-interaction data through Microsoft Clarity heatmaps and session replay for product and service improvement and marketing. ²

The notice lists in-store Wi‑Fi MAC addresses, traffic data, location data, web logs, and other communications data among the categories of personal information processed. ²

The disclosed notice does not identify facial recognition, biometric identification, gait analysis, predictive-policing tools, workforce-surveillance systems, or an Israeli-origin retail-analytics supplier. ²

No public evidence identified of Homebase using, directly or through a managed provider, Trigo, BriefCam, AnyVision/Oosto, Trax, or comparable Israeli-origin biometric or surveillance technology.

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

Homebase states that personal data may be shared with IT and website service providers, while its notice does not specify cloud providers, data-centre locations, hosting regions, data-residency arrangements, cross-border routing, or Israeli legal access. ²

The Microsoft Clarity disclosure establishes website behavioural-data collection but does not establish where Homebase data is stored or processed, whether it enters Israeli-controlled infrastructure, or whether it is legally accessible in Israel. ²

No public evidence identified of Homebase operating, leasing, or co-locating data-centre infrastructure in Israel; participating in Project Nimbus; or providing sovereign-cloud, data-residency, or resilience services to Israeli state or military institutions.

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

No public evidence identified of contracts, partnerships, or service agreements between Homebase and the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, intelligence services, or other Israeli security bodies.

No public evidence identified that Homebase technology has been deployed for Israeli military, intelligence, law-enforcement surveillance, offensive-cyber, exploit, or digital-weapons purposes.

The available corporate material instead identifies the present brand owner as CDS (Superstores International) Limited and records the 2024 administration of former Homebase operating entities HHGL Limited and Hampden Group Limited. ^{1, 4}

The Insolvency Service states that the administrators sold up to 70 UK stores, the Homebase brand, and intellectual property to CDS (Superstores International) Limited. ⁴

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

The identified Microsoft Clarity deployment concerns behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session replay on Homebase’s website. ²

Homebase’s privacy notice does not describe AI or machine-learning services supplied to Israeli state bodies, training on Israeli or occupied Palestinian territory surveillance data, or autonomous systems. ²

No public evidence identified of Homebase supplying AI, computer vision, algorithmic decision-support, autonomous tracking, or target-generation systems to Israeli state, military, or security entities.

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

Homebase’s 2024 Modern Slavery Statement identifies HHGL Limited t/a Homebase as the relevant operating entity at that time and addresses supply-chain labour risk rather than R&D, engineering, acquisitions, technology investment, or research partnerships. ⁵

Companies House records Homebase Limited, company number 16777483, as incorporated on 10 October 2025 with a Plymouth registered office and SIC 99999 dormant status. ⁶

The Companies House PSC register records that CDS holds at least 75% of Homebase Limited’s shares and voting rights and can appoint or remove directors. ⁷

The same register records Norton Group Holdings Limited as holding equivalent specified control rights in CDS (Superstores International) Limited. ⁸

Companies House records Christopher Frederick Dawson and Sarah Jane Dawson as CDS persons with significant influence or control, while Christopher Dawson is also listed as an active CDS director. ^{8, 9}

The separate older Homebase Group Limited remains registered with an active proposal to strike off, overdue accounts and confirmation statement, and a filing history recording Simon Luscombe’s directorship termination on 21 March 2025. ^{10, 11}

No public evidence identified of Homebase acquiring an Israeli technology company, investing in an Israeli technology startup or fund, operating Israeli R&D, or entering patent, licensing, or co-development arrangements with Israeli research institutions.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

The supplied document-scoped full-text pre-scan found no mention of Homebase in the specified OHCHR settlement-database updates, A/HRC/59/23, and local NGO-report corpus. ¹²

OHCHR published a distinct update to its database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements on 26 September 2025. ¹²

No public evidence identified of an NGO or academic report specifically documenting Homebase technology provision to Israeli state entities or operations in occupied territory.

No public evidence identified of a boycott or divestment campaign specifically targeting Homebase’s technology provision.

No public evidence identified of regulatory inquiries, legal proceedings, export-control actions, sanctions investigations, or procurement records concerning Homebase technology sales or services to Israeli state entities.