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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

clock 30 January 2020 • 3 min read

Security

Avast subsidiary Jumpshot sells every click on antivirus users' PCs

Avast is embroiled in new claims that it spies on users and sells their web browsing data

clock 27 January 2020 • 3 min read

Security

Mozilla re-admits Avast and AVG extensions removed from store for excessive data exfiltration

AVG owner Avast also just so happens to own a clickstream-data service called Jumpshot but claims that 'privacy is our top priority'...

clock 23 December 2019 • 2 min read

Security

Google removes Avast and AVG extensions from Chrome web store over 'unnecessary' data collection

Google follows Opera and Firefox in removing Avast and AVG security extensions used by up to 400 million users

clock 18 December 2019 • 3 min read

Software

AVG puts Chrome users at risk with security-compromising browser extension, says Google

Requests permissions that mitigate attacks, reports Google employee

clock 04 January 2016 • 2 min read

Privacy

'Let's be really clear - we're not selling your personal data' says AVG

Tony Anscombe, senior security evangelist at the anti-malware firm, puts the record straight on AVG's privacy policy

clock 26 October 2015 • 3 min read

Security Technology

Is AVG planning to sell user data to advertisers following privacy policy change?

New privacy policy appears to allow AVG to sell user data to advertisers - but the company denies the accusation by privacy campaigner

clock 17 September 2015 •

Security

GCHQ and NSA target anti-virus software - but not British or American companies

Kaspersky highlighted in particular for cracking by GCHQ and NSA

clock 23 June 2015 •

Mergers and Acquisitions

AVG to buy MDM provider Location Labs in $220m deal

Location Labs backed by $26m in venture funding from BT, Intel and Qualcomm

clock 04 September 2014 •

Threats and Risks

Internet of things will lead to 'malware on your personal life', warns AVG's CTO

Large enterprises' BYOD policies could have negative consequences, says Yuval Ben-Itzhak

clock 28 January 2014 • 4 min read
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