France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
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Re: France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
#2And what about those marketing people who approach you on the streets? Can we make that illegal too? And the people going from door to door?
Re: France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
#3The service that was managing this before (Bloctel) was just hacked https://frenchbreaches.com/alertes/bloctel-mshxaq0ysyd27ca7f...
Re: France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
#4Article is not clear. Does this law blocks B2B calls? If so then it can cause damage to the business.
Re: France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
#5Article is not clear. Does this law blocks B2B calls? If so then it can cause damage to the business.
"After a joint call by 11 consumer groups" - going to guess its B2C given "consumer groups".
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#6And what about those marketing people who approach you on the streets? Can we make that illegal too? And the people going from door to door?
How many door to door salesman do you encounter? Where do you live, if you can share?
I haven't seen one in decades, and even then it was usually some pamphlets or books to support a cause or the other.
On the phone (Italy), OTOH, I used to get daily scam call to buy "Amazon stocks" or change utility providers or install water filters. That seems to have massively faded out due to new regulations tho.
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#7And what about those marketing people who approach you on the streets? Can we make that illegal too? And the people going from door to door?
What other kind of infantilizing laws do you purpose? Perhaps they should also make it illegal for people to interact with you if you find unpleasant? Ban small talk at checkouts?
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#8The previous system never blocked scams because scammers didn't bother to check if your phone number was in the block-list before calling you.
That new law is not going to change the number of spam calls most people will get, as they're not from properly registered businesses.
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#9This seems so much of a no-brainer to me due to scammy calls to elderly and pure time loss responding to calls it is interesting not much has been done about it in other countries. I guess the telemarketers have a good lobby.
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#10In my experience, GDPR works wonders here. After saying I do not wish my personal information to be processed and revoke any consents a few times I do not receive these calls anymore.