Avast dissolves analytics arm following privacy scandal
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Aly McDevitt2020-01-31T22:33:00
Avast maintains it always acted “fully within legal bounds,” but the British cyber-security company terminated the provision of data to its analytics arm, Jumpshot, after being accused of putting users’ privacy at risk.
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