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New, by me: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it will ban the antivirus giant Avast from selling consumers’ web browsing data to advertisers.
Avast will pay $16.5 million to settle the FTC's allegations that it sold the sensitive browsing data of millions of its customers collected from its browser extensions (ostensibly to provide privacy) to more than a hundred other companies.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/ftc-bans-avast-selling-customers-sensitive-browsing-data/
Avast will pay $16.5 million to settle the FTC's allegations that it sold the sensitive browsing data of millions of its customers collected from its browser extensions (ostensibly to provide privacy) to more than a hundred other companies.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/ftc-bans-avast-selling-customers-sensitive-browsing-data/