Improving energy efficiency and encouraging flexible use of energy is a necessary link in the UK's policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It needs to adopt management intelligent technology, including sending use information of energy from the demander or customer to energy companies through smart tables, which can be used to formulate and implement more efficient energy use regulations. However, British consumers have different attitudes towards this. When the technology is used to monitor and support energy efficient use behavior, the energy data of residents and families have to be passively shared. 
60% of the respondents believe that the passive sharing of data greatly increases the risk of personal privacy infringement.
 the passive sharing of personal energy related data may become a major obstacle to the promotion of intelligent technology.