New law proposal makes The Netherlands very privacy unfriendly

If you would have asked me in 2013 where you should start your internet startup I would have proudly said: The Netherlands. We ranked very high when it comes to digital infrastructure, broadband penetration, adoption rates of technology, government stimulation packages, access to talent and judicial infrastructure like net neutrality and privacy. That last part is the part I would like to address here.

In 2012 we were the first country in Europe to have a true net neutrality law. We have a data protection agency which actually sued Google in 2012 because it violated privacy. We ranked second in the freedom of press ranking in 2013. We basically had one of the highest privacy ratings in the world, but a lot changed since 2013. [...]

And now there is a new law proposal that allows the Dutch General Intelligence, Security Service and Military Intelligence Agencies to mass survey and wiretap innocent civilians.

http://www.internetconsultatie.nl/wiv
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