The watchdog for the data protection in the Czech Republic began to investigate the company Avast after the circulation of publications which revealed that it was selling information from its users' browsing history.
Avast's customers were large technology companies such as Google, Microsoft and Home Depot, revealed research conducted by Motherboard and PCMag.
“Αυτή τη στιγμή συλλέγουμε πληροφορίες για ολόκληρη την υπόθεση. Υπάρχουν υπόνοιες σοβαρής και εκτεταμένης παραβίασης της προστασίας των προσωπικών data των χρηστών. Μετά την έρευνα, θα ληφθούν περαιτέρω μέτρα και το ευρύ κοινό θα ενημερωθεί”, said Ivana Janů, President of the Czech Personal Data Protection Agency.
Concerns about practices collectionς δεδομένων της Avast εμφανίστηκαν για πρώτη φορά το 2019, όταν ανακαλύφθηκε ότι μερικές από τις επεκτάσεις για τα προletterGoogle Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers collected information from users that the company sold to third parties.
Google and Mozilla stopped distributing the extensions, until Avast fixed them with significant changes that reduced the amount of data they collected from users' computers.
A few days ago, however, we reported that Avast continues to collect information such as Google searches, Google Maps, and YouTube, as well as clicks from adult sites.
As with the extensions, the data was anonymous, but according to Vice, many experts believe that even with anonymous data, it is possible to identify a person.
