Breathometer, the Mark Cuban-backed digital health startup that makes a smartphone-connected oral health sensor, has settled a suit with the Federal Trade Commission over its first product, a smartphone-connected breathalyzer. According to the terms of the settlement, Breathometer will have to offer a full refund to customers who bought the device.
The FTC says that it discovered severe accuracy problems with the breathalyzer device. Because they advertised it as a law enforcement-grade device and because consumers were encouraged to use it to determine whether or not they were safe to drive, the Commission took accuracy problems pretty seriously.
“People relied on the defendant’s products to decide whether it was safe to get behind the wheel,”
The FTC says that it discovered severe accuracy problems with the breathalyzer device. Because they advertised it as a law enforcement-grade device and because consumers were encouraged to use it to determine whether or not they were safe to drive, the Commission took accuracy problems pretty seriously.
“People relied on the defendant’s products to decide whether it was safe to get behind the wheel,”