Privacy Scandal Prompts Cybersecurity Firm to Close Analytics Business

British cybersecurity company Avast will close the Jumpshot analytics business at the center of a data privacy scandal, it said, putting hundreds of jobs at risk and deepening a slide in its shares. Avast allegedly collected data on what many of its users did online and sent it to Jumpshot, which then offered to sell the information to clients, media reports said.

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