Radar investigates: can you live without DigiD?
Radar investigates what the potential acquisition of DigiD supplier Solvinity by an American company means for our personal data and whether you can live without DigiD.
Radar investigates what the potential acquisition of DigiD supplier Solvinity by an American company means for our personal data and whether you can live without DigiD.
The Odido data breach raises fundamental questions about how the Netherlands handles identity verification. Why do we force companies to store sensitive data centrally?
With concerns about American ownership of DigiD infrastructure through the Kyndryl-Solvinity acquisition, it's time to look at proven alternatives. Yivi is already being used in production by the Municipality of Nijmegen.
The DEZI pilot proves that wallet-based authentication works in acute healthcare. Ambulance personnel gave the Yivi wallet a perfect 10 for usability. Next phase: secure patient data sharing across the care chain.
The Dutch cabinet wants to give banks access to the Personal Data Register for anti-money laundering checks. Privacy experts are critical: privacy-friendly alternatives already exist.
The Dutch coalition agreement 2026-2030 explicitly calls for privacy-friendly age verification and digital sovereignty. Yivi is the only Dutch sovereign player with a production-proven, privacy-first age verification solution ready to deploy.
Bart Jacobs argues on iBestuur that the Netherlands needs a digital emergency package with decentralized wallet apps as its foundation—a compelling case for private wallet ecosystems.
While countries focus on state-managed EUDI wallets for PID and PUB EAAs, the real economic opportunity lies in private EAA ecosystems that can transform industries through improved data quality and reduced fraud.
Belgian company itsme is acquiring iDIN, marking the end of a Dutch identification solution. This transition presents a critical opportunity to reconsider what kind of digital identity infrastructure we want for the Netherlands.