230,000 people in France sign cold call petition

Almost 230,000 people signed an online petition demanding a ban on marketing cold calls within three days of it going live.

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Published Friday 31 January 2020 - 13:25 Modified Friday 31 January 2020 - 13:25

In France, consumers are assumed to have given consent to cold calling unless they explicitly 鈥渙pt out鈥�. Consumer watchdog UFC-Que Choisir is calling for a ban on this kind of marketing, which it calls a 鈥減lague鈥� and 鈥渋ntrusive鈥�.

The petition can be found at

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