alt Hacker NewsGDPR isn't a technology, it doesn't work like that. Deleting data would cripple all digital services.
The problem is that they privatized it. But that in turn is caused by the wage structure; if you work for the government, you fall under its collective wage system, and the way it's set up... can't compete with private companies, especially not in IT services. So the government ends up outsourcing most IT projects, with mixed success and costing them a lot. But with this, it also opens them up to risk.
I get the wage thing, but they need to be able to control these things. 51% of nontransferable shares of all companies involved.
> can't compete with private companies, especially not in IT services.
FWIW, SURF [1] (the Dutch university network operator) successefully operates much more complex digital infrastructure. So, going with a fully private infrastructure provider was a choice, not a necessity.
Using SURF would not be without precedent. The Greek government has been successfully using GRNET [2] (the Greek counterpart of SURF) for hosting and developing digital infrastructure.
[1] https://www.surf.nl/
[2] https://grnet.gr/en/government/