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Dutch towns keep exposing private data like emails, phone numbers, and passport details online—despite warnings since 2017 and stricter rules since 2018. Citizens’ info leaks often happen when posting permit applications or public comments on housing projects, with hundreds of documents affected. One town accidentally revealed 43 people’s citizen service numbers. Authorities warn this risks identity theft, and even misprinted addresses count as breaches. Municipalities say they’re trying to fix it, but anonymizing millions of records is a massive, underfunded task—and reported leaks are rising, possibly because the real problem is even worse.

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