Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 10 months agoAvast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.zipprivacyguides@lemmy.one
arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkAvast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing datawww.theverge.comLeo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.zipprivacyguides@lemmy.one
minus-squareLeo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months ago and sold it to over 100 third parties without the knowledge of customers, the complaint says. Fine them every penny of the sale price multiplied by a few. Until it costs companies more than they make off the deal to do this, they won’t stop.
Fine them every penny of the sale price multiplied by a few. Until it costs companies more than they make off the deal to do this, they won’t stop.