DigiD

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has green-lit the acquisition of Solvinity—the IT provider behind the technical operation of DigiD—by the American firm Kyndryl, despite significant political and expert concerns regarding digital sovereignty and data security. While the ACM concluded that the takeover poses no threat to market competition, it acknowledged that public sector anxieties over the Netherlands' digital autonomy remain high. Because the US government can legally intervene in American corporations operating abroad, the deal is now under intense scrutiny by the Bureau for Economic Security (BTI), which is conducting a separate investigation to determine whether the acquisition presents a genuine risk to national security.