• Avast, caught selling users’ private data, will shut down the division that’s selling the data

    Posted on January 30, 2020 at 09:16 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    So what do you do when your company’s caught selling the surfing data from its “Free” antivirus product?

    You shut down the division that sells the data, of course.

    Charlie Osborne on ZDNet:

    Avast is winding down its subsidiary Jumpshot following an explosive investigation into the sale of user data to third parties that may pose a risk to consumer privacy.

    On Thursday, the antivirus vendor said the unit will no longer have access to user information harvested from users of Avast products and services will eventually be fully terminated…

    Jumpshot reportedly has access to information from over 100 million devices; or rather, once did.

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