Amazon and the Dutch government are in talks to significantly expand the cloud deal between them. Amazon just passed an important data privacy test by the Dutch government. Amazon Web Services is in discussion to significantly expand its cloud contract with the Dutch government. The deal talks are taking place in the midst of a series of Dutch audits over AWS's data privacy measures, according to the document. Last week, AWS passed the Dutch government's Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA), a key part of complying with Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, known as GDPR.

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Persons: Amazon's, Eugene Kim Organizations: Amazon, Dutch Ministry of Justice, AWS, Security, Data, New York Times Locations: Government