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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Avast Ltd.
Penalty: $16,500,000
Year: 2024
Date: February 22, 2024
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission ordered software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibited the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges that it sold such information to third parties after promising that its products would protect consumers from online tracking.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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