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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data
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The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges that the company and its subsidiaries sold such information to third parties after promising that its products would protect consumers from online tracking. In its complaint, the FTC says that Avast, based in the United Kingdom, through its Czech subsidiary, unfairly collected consumers’ browsing … More →
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