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Dutch privacy regulator warns minister on digital sovereignty risk

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.

Reported ibestuur.nl, 29 January 2026

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

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