The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered antivirus provider Avast to pay USD 16.5 million to settle privacy charges related to the sale of customer data to ad companies and data brokers without consent or adequate notice. The company has also been banned from selling customer data from Avast-branded products henceforth.
UK-based Avast reportedly monitored and sold data on its customers’ browsing habits through its now-defunct Czech subsidiary, Jumpshot, to more than 100 parties from 2014 to 2020. The FTC said the company collected this data through its browser extensions that claimed to protect users from online trackers and cookies.
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