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FTC to ban Avast from selling browsing data for advertising purposes

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Feb. 22, 2024, 4:48 p.m. | Sergiu Gatlan

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. [...]

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