FTC charged Avast with selling users’ browsing data to advertising companies

US FTC charged cyber security firm Avast with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and antivirus and sold it. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed charges against cybersecurity firm Avast, accusing it of collecting and selling consumer web browsing data gathered through its browser extension and antivirus services. The antivirus […]

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