Door Anoniem: Umm, has the budget for capturing, storing, processing and retrieving all the anticipated data been approved? We are here speaking of BILLIONS... every year. About the referendum: Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act referendum, 2018 also in German, below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Intelligence_and_Security_Services_Act_referendum,_2018 Gesetz über die niederländischen Nachrichten- und Sicherheitsdienste 2017 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesetz_%C3%BCber_die_Nachrichten-_und_Sicherheitsdienste_2017 About the tapping law: Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2017 (Wiv 2017) Dutch-only https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_op_de_inlichtingen-_en_veiligheidsdiensten_2017 Although the Wiv-advisory referendum had been held at March 21, 2018, and the population rejected it, the Dutch government has indicated it plans for the law to nevertheless to go into effect on May 1, 2018. Although the result is formally non-binding, a no-vote as concluded by the Kiesraad.NL would ...