THE HAGUE - State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts (Digital Economy and Sovereignty) speaks to the press regarding her decision to prohibit the acquisition of the company behind DigiD (Solvinity) by the American company Kyndryl. A majority of the House of Representatives feared that confidential data could fall into the hands of the American authorities in certain cases and had opposed the takeover. LAURENS VAN PUTTEN / ANP netherlands out - belgium out

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