FTC TO BAN AVAST FROM SELLING BROWSING DATA FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES

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The FTC has ordered Avast to pay $16.5 million and banned it from selling users’ web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. Avast collected a staggering amount of personal data amounting to more than 8 petabytes between the years of 2014 to 2020 while marketing its products as protecting users from browser tracking.