In December 2019, Avast was on the other side of the line toen bekend that the long years of complete information had been lost and wasted. Het went here on the other om Google-zoekopdrachten, bezoeken aan pornowebsites, aankopen op webshops en zelfs de complete zoekgescheidis van klanten. “Het is de omgekeerde wereld. The more an antivirus program is installed on each pc, the more it gets espionage for the rug. We vinden dit een groot schandaal”, briest de Privacy First-woordvoerder.
Volgens het Algemeen Dagblad had den ruim 435 miljoen gebruikers, waarvan vijf miljoen Nederlanders, de afgelopen jaren op hun telephone of pc antivirussoftware geïnstalleerd staan, waaronder AVG Online Security, Avast Secure Browser and AVG Secure Browser.
In the middle of the direct line of Avast excuses are given, but that is not allowed for the Dutch privacy protection. “We can’t get away with it as soon as it’s practical because we want and we deserve money as a matter of privacy,” says Wilmar Hendriks. Hendriks is responsible for the foundation of Consumers United in Court (CUIC), the same with Privacy First de massaclaim prepared.