This is miles from a temporary oversight. In the Netherlands unchecked citizen surveillance is the norm, and that has nothing to do with being a democracy. The same way the US "still" is a democracy but unchecked surveillance is pervasive.

"Dutch civil servants used social media to spy on citizens, says study"

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/05/19/dutch-civil-se...

"Dutch secret service 'also has access to information from PRISM'":

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5860215

"The Netherlands, a surveillance state?" (2017):

https://www.ictrecht.nl/en/blog/the-netherlands-a-surveillan...

"Sweeping surveillance powers planned by Dutch government" - "The Netherlands is already the most heavily phone-tapped country in the world" (2016)

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/sweeping-survei...

"With a population of 17 million, the Netherlands is already the most heavily phone-tapped country in the world – with about 26,000 taps granted to the police and other agencies, excluding the security services, every year, according to figures from the Department of Justice."

The author of the article just made himself part of this list...