Dutch Government just said no to an American firm buying the keys to their digital State

**Dutch government blocks Kyndryl purchase of Solvinity:** The Netherlands refused Kyndryl’s €100M bid to acquire Solvinity—the operator of DigiD—citing national security and public interest concerns that US law (the CLOUD Act) could allow US authorities access to critical Dutch citizen data; the decision highlights wider European tech-sovereignty debates and signals stricter scrutiny of foreign tech acquisitions.