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Jumpshot shut down
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/avast-shuts-down-jumpshot-after-getting-caught-selling-users-data/
Avast has announced that they are shutting down their Jumpshot subsidiary that was selling user data collected by Avast's antivirus software products.
In a joint investigation by PCMag and Motherboard, we learned this week that Avast has been collecting user data through their antivirus products and then repackaging it and selling it to other companies through a subsidiary called Jumpshot.