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# Dutch privacy regulator warns minister on digital sovereignty risk
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-01-28-netherlands-ap-digital-sovereignty-warning/
- Published: 2026-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:51:21.000Z
- Description: The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens sent a letter dated 28 January 2026 to the economic affairs minister warning that reliance on non-European cloud providers threatens continuity of vital processes like benefit payments.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported

Reported [ibestuur.nl, 29 January 2026](https://ibestuur.nl/digitale-weerbaarheid/digitale-veiligheid/ap-bezorgd-over-de-continuiteit-van-vitale-processen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish any change to Dutch procurement rules, since the letter is a supervisory recommendation, not a binding measure.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Dutch regulator warns minister on cloud dependency risk; advisory letter only. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)