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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could it have been more of a slap on the wrist than $16 million? Bullshit. Give the FTC some teeth. Let them fine companies into non-existence.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year 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.