Samsung Note 7 battery fire incidents highlight absence of suitable consumer protection laws
What Samsung Must Do to Win Back Our Trust. http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-samsung-must-do-to-win-back-our-trust-1476218021, Oct. 11th 2016.
"Know how many U.S. federal laws are in place to require safety certification of the whole phone before it hits the market? Zero. Know who was responsible for the only marking on the Note 7 related to battery safety? Samsung itself was."
Ravi: Consumer protection laws covering such devices are so vital in this technological age where our lives are so dominated by devices.
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"Know how many U.S. federal laws are in place to require safety certification of the whole phone before it hits the market? Zero. Know who was responsible for the only marking on the Note 7 related to battery safety? Samsung itself was."
Ravi: Consumer protection laws covering such devices are so vital in this technological age where our lives are so dominated by devices.
[I thank wsj.com and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above short extract from their website on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
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