Avast Software Suspends Subsidiary Who Collected User's Personal Information



Avast Software CEO Ondjay Wurczek reported that `` Jumpshot immediately stopped collecting data and decided to close Jumpshot, '' regarding the fact that a subsidiary of Avast Software, a provider of antivirus software Avast Antivirus , sold user data. Did.

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Avast Antivirus is a free anti-virus software that has the fifth largest market share (7.95%) of security software as of November 2019 . Avast Software released online security add-ons on Chrome, Firefox and Opera, but `` Avast Software add-ons are collecting user data, '' said Vladimir Palant, the developer of Adblock Plus. Pointed out. This led to the removal of Avast Software add-ons from Chrome, Firefox and Opera in early December 2019.

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In January 2020, personal information about Avast Antivirus users became a hot topic when leaked internal documents revealed that Jumpshot , a subsidiary of Avast Software, sold it to other companies. Avast Software's official Twitter account replies to complaint tweets from around the world.

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'While personally, as CEO of Avast Software, I'm personally responsible. I'd like to apologize to everyone involved.' 'Protecting people is a top priority for Avast Software, Everything you do in the business and in the product needs to be taken into account, and anything that isn't is unacceptable. '

'Jumpshot has been collecting data since 2015 with the aim of strengthening cybersecurity based on big data,' said Vrcek. Jumpshot is a subsidiary of Avast Software, but since its inception it has been operating as an independent company with its own management and board of directors, building products and services from data collected from Avast Software security products. That's right. 'While both Avast Software and Jumpshot have acted within the legal sphere, both companies are 100% compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).'

On the other hand, Wolcek reviewed all businesses when he became Avast Software's CEO in July 2019, and concluded that `` As a company that will continue after 2020, the data collection business violates the principle of prioritizing privacy '' Has reached. In addition, CEO Wurzek acknowledged that 'Jumpshot was conducting data collection business', but did not mention 'Whether Jumpshot sold data collected to third parties'.

Senator Ron Wyden, who is pushing for legislation on privacy and privacy in the United States, said, `` To ensure the safety of consumer data, , I commend Avast Software for providing additional information about its practice of selling data to suspicious third parties, which should be the rule, not the exception. '

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