New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert about fire risks from e-bike and other lithium-ion batteries and shared safety and disposal recommendations. The release describes no privacy enforcement action, monetary penalty, or remedy.
This is a consumer-safety alert, not a privacy enforcement action, so it does not identify privacy clauses requiring revision. For e-bike, battery, or related product agreements, review vendor and supplier terms for battery safety standards, quality-control obligations, product warranties, incident escalation and reporting, recall cooperation, and safe disposal requirements; review customer-facing terms and notices for clear battery use, charging, and disposal instructions.
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"provided tips on how to safely handle them"
"Most e-bikes, as well as e-scooters and hoverboards, use powerful lithium-ion batteries that store more energy and are more likely to catch fire than a typical battery."
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The New York Attorney General investigated a group of debt buyers for filing foreclosure actions seeking payment of long-expired mortgage debts. The companies agreed to pay $240,000 in penalties and more than $242,000 in consumer restitution, stop seeking payment of time-barred debts, and amend claims in pending foreclosure cases.
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