{"id":729670,"date":"2026-05-26T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dutch-government-blocks-us-company-from-acquisition-citing-risk-to-public-interest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:45:16","slug":"dutch-government-blocks-us-company-from-acquisition-citing-risk-to-public-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dutch-government-blocks-us-company-from-acquisition-citing-risk-to-public-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing ‘risk to public interest’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dutch government has blocked American IT giant Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity, a Dutch cloud provider that hosts the Netherlands\u2019 online identity platform. The government in The Hague said the deal poses a possible \u201crisk to the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dutch minister for the digital economy Willemijn Aerdts said in a machine-translated letter<\/a> published Monday that the government has imposed a \u201ccomplete prohibition\u201d on the acquisition. The deal would have allowed Kyndryl to buy Solvinity for an undisclosed sum. Solvinity hosts a platform called DigiD, a service managed by the Dutch government that allows the country\u2019s residents to verify their identity when accessing public services. <\/p>\n

The deal triggered fears that the deal would mean that DigiD data falls under foreign control, and could be demanded by U.S. authorities.<\/p>\n

While the Dutch government did not provide an explicit reason for blocking the acquisition, the move comes as several European countries are moving to reduce their reliance on U.S. technology<\/a> giants at a time where the Trump administration has been increasingly unpredictable and retaliatory.<\/p>\n

U.S. law allows government authorities, including law enforcement and intelligence agencies, to demand that U.S. companies turn over data held in overseas datacenters, regardless of that country\u2019s data protection laws.<\/p>\n

Politico first reported<\/a> the news<\/a>. Kyrdryl told the publication that the company was \u201cextremely disapp<\/a>ointed\u201d by the decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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