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In an emailed argument Monday, a spokeswoman for Avast aforesaid Jumpshot doesn’t take “personal identification іnformation, including name, email address օr contact details,” and that users throw forever had the alternative to prefer verboten of share-out information with Jumpshot.
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Avast reportedly asks users to prefer in to information assemblage via a pop-up substance in the antivirus software. However, “multiple” users told Motherboard they were incognizant that their browse data was and so sold.
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Jumpshot didn’t react to a petition for point out.
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