You could get a cut of Avast's $16.5 million FTC settlement - how to file a claim

ZDNET Past owners of Avast antivirus software could score some cash courtesy of a hefty financial settlement between the company and the FTC. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it's now emailing notices to qualifying customers on how to get their slice of the $16.5 million that Avast has been ordered to pay out. Also: The best antivirus software for Windows The settlement stems from an FTC order issued a year ago that penalized Avast for selling the web browsing data of its users. The company and its subsidiaries were charged with sharing the data with third parties for advertising purposes after promising that its products would protect users from online tracking. What happened? In the initial complaint, the FTC alleged that Avast collected the browsing information of customers through its antivirus software and browser extensions and sold it without notice or consent. Avast then sold that data to more than 100 third parties through its Jumpshop subsidiary. T ... Read full article.