The Dutch government has blocked the sale of Solvinity, the company that manages its online services portal DigiD, to the US-based tech giant Kyndryl amid concerns that millions of citizens’ private data could be compromised.
The Dutch government has blocked the sale of Solvinity, the company that manages its online services portal DigiD, to the US-based tech giant Kyndryl amid concerns that millions of citizens’ private data could be compromised.
I find it difficult to accept that such a critical service is privately owned and operated. I find it completely unacceptable that it was supposed to be owned by Americans. This decision is definitely a positive one.
And a wakeup call that if your information is there, that you make sure you get it wiped ASAP. Because obviously the people running the company see no moral problems with handing over your data to someone else.
The thing is if you live in the Netherlands you kinda need it. I never knew it’s operated by a private company though, that’s ridiculously dumb.
@detren @kungen
Stunning that anything of this nationwide importance should be anything other than a national asset!
Same should apply to EVERY essential unique/monopolistic national utility or network (water, electricity, rail, motorway, cable, etc.)
Definitely! After reading the article it’s not THAT bad but it’s still not good. The service is developed and managed by a government company BUT the IT service is outsourced to a private Dutch company that’s owned by a British company. Like what the fuck?