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Reading the Czech decision a bit more (it’s a long text), it’s quite fascinating. It’s a second instance ruling, and the authority appears to have rejected Avast’s appeal in all points. Even more so: they are explaining to Avast that the privacy law doesn’t work the way Avast thinks it does.

Did Avast decide to represent themselves without proper legal advice? Did they hire incompetent lawyers? Did their lawyers just give up, seeing this case as hopeless? Beats me. But they seem to have acted similarly incompetent here as with their media response.

In particular, Avast tried to argue down the imposed fine based on the fact that the decision refers to a data collection period of “merely” two months. And they get the explanation that, as far as GDPR is concerned, violating the privacy of 100 million users on a single day would have already been sufficient. There is also the clarification that the data protection authorities aren’t as naive as to assume that violations only happened during these two months.

And they also didn’t like Avast’s “but no actual harm was done” defense:

“the harm caused to data subjects cannot be individually examined due to the large number of data subjects affected. As already stated, the privacy of data subjects has been compromised by the conduct of the Accused, and the effects on the rights of individual subjects may become apparent in the future. Furthermore, it cannot be safely stated that users have not been identified, nor that they are not already being targeted in any way based on knowledge of their preferences or behaviour.”

Now to the funny part: Avast accuses the data protection authority of damaging them by publishing a short announcement back in 2020. Mind you, the media shitstorm against Avast was already in full swing. And so the data protection authority simply states:

“the Charged Company’s shares on the Prague Stock Exchange had significantly fallen even before the press release was issued”

And on the claim that Avast should be excused because they didn’t know they were violating privacy laws:

“At this point, the Appellate Authority considers it necessary to recall that the Charged Company provides software designed to protect the privacy of its users. As a professional in the information and cyber field, the Charged Company is thereby also expected to be extremely knowledgeable in the field of data protection. The Accused was aware of the risks of data processing and of the difficulty of achieving complete anonymisation of data (especially in a rapidly evolving technological environment) but decided to monetise the data of its users in the abovementioned manner anyway.”

For some context: the first-instance decision fell in 2022. It looks like it might not have been triggered by my investigation at all but rather by a complaint a few months earlier. That seems to be the reason why they are talking about data collection between April and July 2019.

#Avast #AvastAntivirus #Jumpshot #privacy

Nice to see Avast being held liable for their data collection. After the Czech fine in May for the GDPR violation they are now also being fined by the FTC in the US.

Interesting fact here: according to the Czech decision Avast is continuing to claim that the data was properly anonymized and no personal data was being transferred to third parties. As I could document four years ago, these claims are definitely untrue.

It seems that the Czech data protection authority didn’t buy into these blanket claims either and requested detailed information on the data handling – which Avast failed to provide. They also seem to have read my blog. So their conclusions (like my original analysis) are largely based on the patent Avast filed. Which is already quite damning but not really as much as the real data which shows that the patented approach was severely misimplemented.

The FTC decision is far less detailed but also states: “The FTC further alleges that, in some cases, the data Avast shared with Jumpshot was not aggregated or fully anonymized before Jumpshot sold it, and in some cases, Jumpshot sold the data in a form that could have allowed third parties to link back browsing information to you or your devices.”

Now one might be inclined to ask: why does it matter? Avast has since been sold. So the people paying the fines now aren’t the ones responsible.

But I’d like to think that this controversy had a significant impact on the selling price. This was likely the reason why Avast was in such a hurry to shut down Jumpshot and to end this affair.

#Avast #AvastAntivirus #Jumpshot #privacy

📬 Avast verkauft jahrelang Browserdaten seiner Nutzer
#Datenschutz #Rechtssachen #Browserdaten #DigitalePrivatsphäre #FederalTradeCommission #FTC #GenDigital #Jumpshot #OnlinePrivatsphäre https://sc.tarnkappe.info/59f41f

Avast écope d’une lourde amende, l’antivirus a vendu vos données de navigation.

Mal anonymisées, ces informations ont mis en danger la vie privée des internautes.

#Avast #antivirus #cybersecurity #FTC #Jumpshot #smartphone #PC

https://lsdm.live/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4921

Jumper still freaking pure and i had not shot a ball for 3 years. The hoopers in Israel got a free education. Yes i drained it and many more! #jumpshot

Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data
#avast #Jumpshot #privacy #leaked #sellprivatedata #sicestgratuitcestvousleproduit #sicestgratuitetnonlibrecestvousleproduit

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation

Wenn Unternehmen versprechen eure Daten zu anonymisierten, ist dem grundsätzlich nicht zu trauen, wie das Beispiel #Avast zeigt.

#Jumpshot #Datenkrake #Anonymisierung #Datenschutz

https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Wie-Avast-die-Daten-seiner-Kunden-verkaufte-4657290.html

While Avast is planning to shut down Jumpshot, there is an ongoing #GDPR investigation into their practices. I wonder how this will go, according to Avast they are fully compliant... #Avast #Jumpshot #privacy

https://www.uoou.cz/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=200156&id=1896

Even this limited sample contains lots of names, email addresses and even home addresses of Avast users. Jumpshot customers could have easily deanonymized the users the data belongs to, and some probably did. #Avast #Jumpshot #privacy

I got my hands on a sample of Jumpshot data. My analysis confirms what everybody already suspected: Avast failed anonymizing the data they sold, leaving plenty of personal data untouched. #Avast #Jumpshot #privacy

https://palant.de/2020/02/18/insights-from-avast/jumpshot-data-pitfalls-of-data-anonymization/

Pris la main dans le sac, Avast va cesser de vendre les données de ses utilisateurs

Avast est dans la tourmente depuis quelques jours, après la publication d’une enquête qui prouve que le célèbre éditeur d’antivirus collectait et vendait les données de navigation de ses utilisateurs. Cette collecte est parfaitement légale et respectueuse du RGPD européen et de son équivalent californien, s’est défendue l’entreprise, mais il n’en reste pas moins que les utilisateurs concernés ignoraient le plus souvent son existence. Face à la polémique, Avast recule finalement en annonçant la fermeture de Jumpshot, sa filiale qui se chargeait de la revente des données personnelles. L’arrêt n’est pas immédiat, puisque l’entreprise a signé plusieurs contrats qui l’obligent à continuer ses opérations pendant quelque temps. On ne sait pas combien cela prendra, mais Avast fermera à terme totalement cette entreprise et cessera les ventes de données personnelles. Est-ce que ce sera suffisant pour restaurer la confiance des utilisateurs ? Pas sûr, d’autant que le communiqué n’est... Lire la suite sur MacGeneration

Wait what??? Seriously???

Cybersecurity company Avast profits from violating users privacy.

They got caught and yet CEO Ondrej Vleck wants people to feel bad they have to shutdown their Jumpshot subsidiary?

#avast #jumpshot #cybersecurity #antivirus #antimalware #privacy #malware #protection

Received an #Avast press release via email, apparently they are shutting #Jumpshot down. Which is the right consequence if you look at their stock price. The reason is of course that "some users questioned our mission" which is as close to "we messed up" as it will probably get.

Avast to shut Jumpshot after privacy concerns

Avast allegedly collected data on what many of its users did online and sent it to its unit, which then offered to sell the information to clients

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-avast-dataprotection-idUSKBN1ZT0R4

#privacy #avast #jumpshot