How is the data "racist"? It doesn't utilise race at all. It uses citizenship information because tax authorities found that having a non-Dutch citizenship was

How is the data "racist"? It doesn't utilise race at all. It uses citizenship information because tax authorities found that having a non-Dutch citizenship was a strong predictor of committing the fraud. The fraud encompassed people from mainly eastern European countries (mainly Bulgaria, hence it is known as the "Bulgarenfraude"). Because the tax authorities only checked afterwards, the fraud was often only noticed when the fraudsters had already returned to Bulgaria [1]. The target of these checks have the same race as the Dutch (they are both mainly Caucasian), so it is weird to hear that the nationality check is "racist". If you look at the press release of the Dutch Data Protection Authority [2] (the agency that imposed the fine), you can see it does not even mention race or racism. It says the fine is due to "serious violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the law governing privacy" and for discrimination in "unnecessarily retaining nationality data in its systems". I had to look that up because, if I had just read the headline, I would incorrectly believe there was racism involved. Why is this article inflaming racial resentment? Is it just trying to use clickbait to get views? Is it trying to push fake-news for an agenda? [1] https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarenfraude https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarenfraude [2] https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/news/tax-administration-fined-discriminatory-and-unlawful-data-processing https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/news/tax-administra...