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> We even sue governments for protecting the privacy of our users.

Lost in translation?

No: Voys is a Dutch company with a South African counterpart. Their Dutch entity sued the Dutch government for not providing enough clarity on how mandatory call logs get processed on the government side.

I think they meant that the text "We even sue governments for protecting the privacy of our users" probably should have been "We even sue governments to protect the privacy of our users," or "...for not protecting the privacy...," etc.

That's indeed what they tried to say, but they translated it very Dunglish.

[1] blog story: https://www.voys.nl/blog/voys-wint-rechtszaak-van-agentschap...

Probably not a translation, confusing for/to is pretty common for non-native speakers.

(Native speakers on the other hand will say 'loose' vs 'lose', 'rouge' vs 'rogue', or even 'could/should of')

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