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by gaspoda 2386 days ago
Avast already sold Jumpshot.
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No. They've sold just 35%. Still using the same offices and data as they have been for years and will for many more years.
Since I'm currently looking through Avast investor reports: no, Avast didn't sell Jumpshot. In fact, Jumpshot is one of their biggest growth areas. So they closed a strategic partnership with Ascential who should help Jumpshot's business grow even further. In return, Ascential was given the right to buy 35% of Jumpshot. The remaining 65% stay with Avast and Avast is continuing to supply them with data.
And they are still hiring (Czech only) https://www.jobs.cz/prace/?company%5B%5D=1702000731 (data detective is quite funny) if anyone wants to look into the private data about your neighbor for example.
Not aware of that, but friends friend works in Jumpshot, they still have access to the avast data.