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Ban on cold calls starting August 11, 2026

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From August 11, 2026, unsolicited telemarketing will be banned in France, ending a daily nuisance for many consumers. In addition, companies will be responsible for proving that they have obtained the consent of their interlocutors. Some exceptions are planned, notably for calls without a commercial purpose. Penalties have been set for infringers. What do you think of this new law? Will it go far enough to protect consumers, in your view?
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    Gildas35_5121 Posted messages 15 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4
     

    Have you tested Bloctel? Apparently not. I have been registered since its implementation and I renew it at every expiration. And yet there are several calls per day. The State pretends to do something, while in reality it completely ignores it.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25271 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 187
       

      Bloctel is notoriously ineffective.

      Blocking is easier on mobile phones with a dedicated app, where it is very effective.

      It cannot be said that the state has done nothing with successive laws, including this latest one, but operators are not very cooperative, especially with calls from unidentified numbers coming from abroad that they are obliged to block.

      There will always be people who circumvent these provisions, not only from official business numbers but from troublemakers dialing from a mobile, and that is very hard to intercept.

      The interesting question is how offenders will be sanctioned; first they must be reported, and then sanctions must be imposed against them, which are always slow to implement.

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