{"id":23797,"date":"2025-06-05T21:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compliancert.com\/?p=23797"},"modified":"2025-06-05T21:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:24:57","slug":"avast-stimmt-einem-vergleich-in-hohe-von-165-millionen-euro-in-einem-bahnbrechenden-rechtsstreit-uber-datenmissbrauch-zu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compliancert.com\/de\/artikel\/avast-stimmt-einem-vergleich-in-hohe-von-165-millionen-euro-in-einem-bahnbrechenden-rechtsstreit-uber-datenmissbrauch-zu\/","title":{"rendered":"Avast stimmt $16,5 Millionen Vergleich in bahnbrechender Datenschutzklage wegen Datenmissbrauchs zu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23797\" class=\"elementor elementor-23797\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cc5771 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cc5771\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f678174\" data-id=\"f678174\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490ef96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490ef96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"notion-enable-hover\" data-token-index=\"0\">Avast, ein weithin anerkannter Anbieter von Antiviren- und VPN-Software, hat einen bedeutenden Vergleich in H\u00f6he von $16,5 Millionen Euro geschlossen<\/span> nach einer Sammelklage zum Schutz der Privatsph\u00e4re, in der ein weit verbreiteter Missbrauch von Browse-Daten behauptet wird. Dem Unternehmen wurde vorgeworfen, Millionen von Nutzern \u00fcber das Ausma\u00df der Erfassung ihrer Online-Suchgewohnheiten in die Irre gef\u00fchrt und anschlie\u00dfend an Dritte verkauft zu haben, und zwar anscheinend ohne angemessene Benachrichtigung oder ausdr\u00fcckliche Zustimmung.<!-- notionvc: 0623fead-81b0-4573-b742-66a9f6fb95fe --><br \/><!-- notionvc: d895ce44-72d8-47f7-844e-10b7db7e6358 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: a6cf5e47-b000-44cd-8c44-1343fac4083b --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 5774a75c-2acb-4212-912a-5048def1e8d1 --><!-- notionvc: 8f743a38-22b9-48b0-8b97-3316c3b6fc8f --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 87920fcb-650f-4b43-b497-43beb039aff3 --><!-- notionvc: 89089a11-423b-4b6f-b63f-1a7bdc40e8e0 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 0146686d-3bca-48d9-9049-c12c316bd8d2 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 55bc1f08-6a7a-4856-a863-2ed4a6715c33 --><!-- notionvc: 33f54861-5ad7-47f1-8c6d-8caadc768764 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 94e65eac-cb94-4430-9615-24d35eaa02e1 --><!-- notionvc: 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des Rechtsstreits stand die fr\u00fchere Avast-Tochter Jumpshot, die f\u00fcr das Sammeln und Verpacken gro\u00dfer Mengen von Nutzerdaten verantwortlich war. Obwohl Avast behauptete, dass diese Daten \"anonymisiert\" seien, ergab eine gemeinsame Untersuchung von Medien und Sicherheitsforschern, dass es oft m\u00f6glich war, die Informationen zu de-anonymisieren und so die Browse-Historie mit einzelnen Nutzern zu verkn\u00fcpfen. Diese Praxis l\u00f6ste bei den Verfechtern des Datenschutzes und den Aufsichtsbeh\u00f6rden erhebliche Emp\u00f6rung aus und f\u00fchrte zu einem umfangreichen Gerichtsverfahren.<\/p><p>\"Dieser Vergleich ist eine deutliche Erinnerung an die grundlegenden Prinzipien der Transparenz und der Zustimmung, die Technologieunternehmen ihren Nutzern schulden\", erkl\u00e4rte ein Rechtsvertreter der Kl\u00e4ger. \"Die Verbraucher haben ein Recht darauf zu erfahren, wie ihre Daten verwendet werden, insbesondere wenn sie zu Geld gemacht werden. Dieses Ergebnis sendet die klare Botschaft, dass irref\u00fchrende Praktiken nicht toleriert werden.\"<\/p><p>Dies ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der Vereinbarung, <strong>Avast ist nun gesetzlich verpflichtet, den Verkauf von Durchsuchungsdaten f\u00fcr Werbezwecke dauerhaft einzustellen, und muss alle zuvor gesammelten und verkauften Durchsuchungsdaten l\u00f6schen.<\/strong> Dies ist ein wichtiger Schritt, um das Vertrauen der Nutzer wiederherzustellen und einen Pr\u00e4zedenzfall f\u00fcr den verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Daten in der gesamten digitalen Sicherheitsbranche zu schaffen. Der Fall unterstreicht die zunehmende Aufmerksamkeit der Aufsichtsbeh\u00f6rden und der \u00d6ffentlichkeit in Bezug auf die Praktiken der Datenmonetarisierung und zwingt die Softwareanbieter dazu, dem Schutz der Privatsph\u00e4re der Nutzer Vorrang einzur\u00e4umen und die Einhaltung der sich weltweit entwickelnden Datenschutzbestimmungen zu gew\u00e4hrleisten.<!-- notionvc: 13f6e09e-14c6-4cf8-9830-70026c113d1d --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 9b652d23-9748-495b-b1ed-dcde3d6752aa --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 8d11fcf9-1cae-4b79-b0e8-6220e8d50760 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 95741ca6-eae8-4ac2-9e4b-76fbf47d9872 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: f90c3d3f-60e4-4d73-89e9-c91b2e1fd26b --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 50c79593-9b1f-4ee3-98c7-029de8eed7e6 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 38746180-7112-43cd-aa32-62e279becc7e --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: a5aed8fa-2e1a-4d38-9582-551cdc5d6bf9 --><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: 32a08353-3e0f-442c-bc7d-6290f745bb76 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