The joint investigation by Motherboard and PCMag that relied on leaked user data and other company documents found that “the sale of this data is both highly sensitive and is, in many cases, supposed to remain confidential between the company selling the data and the clients purchasing it”.
San Francisco– In a sensational revelation, an investigation on Monday claimed that the popular Avast antivirus - installed on nearly 435 millions Windows, Mac and mobile devices globally - harvested users’ data via browser plugins and then sold it to third parties, including Microsoft and Google.
