Razer Will Pay Extra Than $1.1 Million To Refund All Prospects Of Its Zephyr COVID Masks For Falsely Promoting Them As “N-95 Grade”

Razer, the corporate behind a wide range of gaming-focused equipment together with chairs, keyboards, mice, headphones – even full laptops, desktops, smartphones, and through the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Razer offered masks.

Not simply your common masks, these have been gamer-masks, which principally meant they’d RGB, however Razer additionally tacked on that they have been “N-95 Grade,” and it’s that final half which appears to have gotten Razer in hassle with the FTC.

A press report from the FTC reveals that Razer will refund everybody who purchased a Zephyr Face Masks and pay a tremendous for falsely promoting the masks as N-95 grade, which collectively will exceed $1.1 million.

“These companies falsely claimed, within the midst of a worldwide pandemic, that their face masks was the equal of an N95 licensed respirator,” mentioned the FTC’s director of the bureau of client safety Samuel Levine.

“The FTC will proceed to carry accountable companies that use false and unsubstantiated claims to focus on shoppers who’re making choices about their well being and security.”

Based on the FTC’s investigation, Razer initially marketed its Zephyr masks as N-95 grade, however in actuality, “Razer by no means submitted a facemask to NIOSH for approval for any kind of certification and NIOSH accordingly by no means licensed any model of the Zephyr masks as an N95 respirator.”

Whereas there are examples of Razer submitting corrections on the topic, to say that the masks aren’t N-95 grade, its unique blunder was all it took for it to come back underneath the ire of the FTC.

Together with having to refund clients and pay a tremendous, as a part of this settlement Razer can be barred from making well being claims about its merchandise, except they’ve accomplished the fitting factor of getting these merchandise really licensed.

Additionally it ought to go with out saying at this level that this settlement additionally bars Razer from promoting any extra Zephyr masks, which not seem on Razer’s official web site.

All-in-all, the entire state of affairs appears to be an enormous pie within the face-mask for Razer.

Supply – [FTC]