“Last week, months after it was spotted using its browser extensions to send data to Jumpshot, Avast began asking its existing free antivirus consumers to opt-in to data collection, according to an internal document,” Motherboard wrote.Bubble Gum Simulator Build A Boat For Treasure Business Legends C Captive Cartoon Obby Car Dealership Tycoon Car Dealership Tycoon Car Tycoon Case Clicker Clicker Madness Clicker Story Clone Tycoon 2 Coder Simulator 2 Coffee Simulator Coin Hero Simulator Coin Masters Simulator Color Blocks Coloring Simulator Combat Rift Conqueror PieceNov 29 2021. That data is then passed along to Jumpshot, those sources said, and from there to its corporate clients.

But other sources alleged that it is instead collecting that same information from the Avast and AVG free antivirus programs.

In the report, Avast told Motherboard/PCMag earlier this week that data collected by the Avast browser extensions is no longer provided to Jumpshot. (Avast acquired Jumpshot in 2013, and a statement on the company’s website says that it “provides insights into consumers’ online journeys by measuring every search, click and buy across 1,600 categories from more than 150 sites, including Amazon, Google, Netflix, and Walmart.”) At the time, the news caused browser makers like Google to remove both from its web store, though the extensions have since returned. Palant alleged that the information-which included a unique user ID, the page you visited, whether you’d visited that page before, and other information-could be provided to third parties, and suggested that Jumpshot could be a possible destination. The joint report by Vice’s Motherboard and PCMag had built upon reports by Adblock Plus creator Wladimir Palant, who reported in October, 2019 that the Avast Online Security Extension as well as the AVG Secure Browser spy on users, harvesting their information.

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