Sidney van den Boogaard

Sidney van den Boogaard is an independent analyst on European digital sovereignty from The Netherlands and the founder of Built in EU, a directory and newsroom tracking over 340 European software alternatives to US Big Tech across 31 countries. He bridges the gap between complex data privacy regulations and practical business procurement, helping organizations navigate the shift away from entrenched US incumbents like Google, Microsoft, and AWS. Sidney goes beyond the theoretical politics of data privacy. He conducts hands-on, independent reviews of privacy-first software (e.g., Proton, Tresorit, pCloud, Bitwarden, EU-based CRMs) and tracks major macroeconomic shifts, such as the ECB selecting OVHcloud and Scaleway for the digital euro, and the Euro-Office coalition replacing Microsoft...