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ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers

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ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Avast closed its Jumpshot subsidiary in 2020 after the antivirus giant was caught selling the browsing activity of millions of its customers.
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    This is where I got the screenshot from:

    https://www.fakespot.com/privacy-policy

    Here’s the internal meta-ticket on shopping2023, along with some stuff on fetching ads from servers

    And here’s their announcement:

    https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/fakespot-joins-mozilla-firefox-shopping-announcement/

    (Before Mozilla bought this company, its privacy policy was changed to allow transfer of private data upon sale – all of it, not just the training model. Here’s the old policy for comparison to their April 25 version; 7 days later Mozilla made the acquisition announcement)

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