Avast to close Jumpshot data-analytics firm following claims it sold anti-virus users' web-browsing data
Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek claims he made the decision following a review instigated after he joined seven months ago
Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek pictured in 2010
Avast is to close Jumpshot following claims that it surveilled users of Avast and AVG anti-virus and sold their web-browsing information via the data analytics company. The announcement was made in...
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