Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps
Identifiable data included job searches, map directions, "cosplay erotica."
Source: arstechnica.com
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Avast sold privacy software, then sold users' web browsing data, FTC alleges
Antivirus software seller vowed to shield users' data from tracking, then allegedly collected and sold it instead, FTC says.
Source: cbsnews.com
FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers
Avast closed its Jumpshot subsidiary in 2020 after the antivirus giant was caught selling the browsing activity of millions of its customers.
Source: techcrunch.com
FTC fines cybersecurity company Avast $16.5 million for tracking and selling user data
Cybersecurity software company Avast faces a $16.5 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission after the agency filed a complaint Wednesday accusing the company of selling consumer data to third parties.
Source: cnn.com
FTC fines cybersecurity company Avast $16.5 million for tracking and selling user data
By Jennifer Korn, CNN
Source: erienewsnow.com