Cyber-security firm Avast took a strong stance on its data privacy and security policy Thursday when it terminated its relationship with analytics subsidiary Jumpshot and publicly announced the wind-down of Jumpshot’s operations.
Earlier this week, Avast was accused of harvesting users’ browser histories on the pretext the data had been “de-identified” and then providing that data to Jumpshot, which in turn sold it to third parties, according to multiple media reports. Avast users were outraged, urging other users to remove Avast software (caustically referred to as “malware”) from their devices.
