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'''Anker''' has recalled over 1.68 million portable power banks across four U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls between 2023 and 2025 for fire and explosion hazards, after 90 documented incidents resulted in at least 9 burn injuries and over $60,700 in property damage.<ref name="cpsc-25-338">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/More-than-One-Million-Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations|title=More than One Million Anker Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Manufactured by Anker Innovations|date=2025-06-12|website=CPSC.gov|access-date=2026-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729123925/https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/More-than-One-Million-Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations|archive-date=2025-07-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cpsc-25-466">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations-1|title=Anker Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Manufactured by Anker Innovations|date=2025-09-18|website=CPSC.gov|access-date=2026-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918175224/https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations-1|archive-date=2025-09-18|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cpsc-23-147">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Fantasia-Trading-Recalls-Anker-Power-Banks-Due-to-Fire-Hazard|title=Fantasia Trading Recalls Anker Power Banks Due to Fire Hazard|date=2023-03-09|website=CPSC.gov|access-date=2026-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310015318/https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Fantasia-Trading-Recalls-Anker-Power-Banks-Due-to-Fire-Hazard|archive-date=2023-03-10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cpsc-25-011">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations|title=Anker Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Manufactured by Anker Innovations|date=2024-10-17|website=CPSC.gov|access-date=2026-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241103064736/https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations|archive-date=2024-11-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two class-action lawsuits filed in 2025 allege that Anker's recall remedies are inadequate and that its "MultiProtect" safety marketing was false.<ref name="tca-two-lawsuits">{{Cite web|url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/two-class-actions-allege-anker-power-bank-recall-is-inadequate/|title=Two class actions allege Anker power bank recall is inadequate|website=Top Class Actions|access-date=2026-03-27}}</ref> Separately, a 2022 class-action lawsuit alleged that Anker's Eufy security cameras uploaded video and facial recognition data to cloud servers despite being marketed as "local storage only."<ref name="the-verge-eufy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/30/23486753/anker-eufy-security-camera-cloud-private-encryption-authentication-storage|title=Anker's Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras|first=Sean|last=Hollister|date=2022-12-01|website=The Verge|access-date=2026-03-27}}</ref>

Anker Innovations Limited was founded in 2011 by Steven Yang, a former Google engineer, and is incorporated in Hong Kong.<ref name="hall-complaint" /> The company has been publicly traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (ChiNext Market) under ticker 300866.SZ since August 2020.<ref name="hall-complaint" />

Anker markets itself as "the world's No. 1 mobile charging brand" based on research by Euromonitor International measuring retail sales value from 2020 through 2024. Euromonitor defined "mobile charging brands" as companies deriving over 75% of retail sales from mobile phone charging products.<ref name="cpsc-25-338" />

{{Main|Anker Battery Bank Recall}}

Two class-action lawsuits, ''Light v. Fantasia Trading LLC'' (C.D. Cal.) and ''Hall v. Fantasia Trading LLC'' (S.D.N.Y.), allege that Anker's recall remedies are inadequate, that its MultiProtect safety branding was false advertising, and that consumers paid a premium for Anker products based on safety claims that the recalls contradicted.<ref name="tca-two-lawsuits" /><ref name="classaction-org" />

<!-- INCIDENT_SCORE: Eufy security camera data privacy | 60/100 | Cloud upload of video/facial recognition data despite "local only" marketing, class-action survived partial dismissal, BIPA claims proceeding, no physical harm -->

In ''Sloan v. Anker Innovations Limited'' (Case No. 1:22-cv-07174, N.D. Ill.), consumers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging violations of the Federal Wiretap Act, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and state consumer fraud statutes.<ref name="sloan-ruling" /> In January 2024, the court dismissed the Wiretap Act claims but allowed the consumer fraud and BIPA claims to proceed, ruling that Anker's "local only" marketing could have misled a reasonable consumer.<ref name="sloan-ruling" />

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INCIDENT_SCORE: Anker Battery Bank Recall | 85/100 | 4 CPSC recalls, 1.68M+ units, 90 incidents, 9 burn injuries, $60K+ property damage, 2 active class-action lawsuits

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