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Tens of thousands of people labeled fraudsters based on profiling and “suspected fraud”
RTL News Tens of thousands of citizens had been suffering from “fraud suspicions” for years RTL News/Pieter Klein · July 6, 2020 · Updated: July 7, 2020 In recent years, the tax authorities have had tens of thousands of people as fraudsters...
Aware policy: Service Fees for not providing files
Parents have the right to know whether and why they were considered fraudsters. In the memo, which was published in September 2025, prepared by the Technical Department of the...
“We did not listen enough and cared for our children in the families that faced major recoveries”
LONGREAD CREATED TO STUDY INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN 2022/2023 The conclusion of the January 2023 CBS report should not have read: “The benefits affair has not increased the chance of a child protection measure”, but: “We have...
FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE RUTTE CABINET, SIZE IS CLEARER
SCALE OF THE SCANDAL INCREASINGLY CLEAR Five years ago, on January 15, 2021, the Rutte-III cabinet fell. “An historic low point, this part of our national history. A scandal so big. Citizens were wronged and...
'Benefits affair' fraudster still haunts
Paula's mortgage application was not approved © Omroep Gelderland In a new episode of In het Vizier van De Jager, victims of the benefits scandal say that they are still seen as fraudsters. Despite canceled debts and government commitments, they say a “check mark” remains behind their name - with banks, insurers and commercial data agencies. And that leads to major problems.
More than 50 algorithms of the tax authorities are illegal, says Data Protection Authority
Many checks carried out by the tax authorities are unlawful. More than 50 algorithms for selecting reports for control, among other things, are discriminatory and therefore in violation of the law, according to a letter from the Authority...