Fitbit Agrees to Pay $12 Million for Not Quickly Reporting Burn Risk With Watches
After consumer complaints of overheating batteries, the company did not immediately report the defect with its Ionic ...
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Fitbit Has to Pay Up for Its Smartwatches Catching Fire
The problem began with reports from 2018 to 2020, when people using smartwatches experienced overheating issues that caused ...
Fitbit fined $12 million for Ionic smartwatches that burned 78 people
Fitbit is paying a $12.25 million fine over its Ionic smartwatches, which the company recalled in 2022 after reports that the watches’ lithium-ion batteries overheated and, in some cases, burned ...
Google's Fitbit fined $12.2 million after customers burned by watches
Fitbit received numerous reports of the lithium-ion batteries in the watches overheating during 2018, 2019 and continuing ...
Fitbit pinched for $12.25M after not immediately reporting known defect in recalled smartwatch
Fitbit will pay a civil penalty of $12.25 million after it “knowingly failed to immediately report” a defect in its Ionic smartwatches that caused dozens of people to sustain burn injuries, the ...
Fitbit Fined More Than $12 Millions Over Recalled Watch That Burned Wearers
Fitbit has been fine $12.25 million as part of a settlement with a long-standing case with the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding the Fitbit Ionic.