LeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 4 months agoAvast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square4arrow-up1135arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkAvast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing datawww.theverge.comLeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square4cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@damnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•4 months agoCould 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.
minus-squareLeoOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglish15•4 months 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.
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.
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.