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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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In France, consumers are assumed to have given consent to cold calling unless they explicitly “opt outâ€. Consumer watchdog UFC-Que Choisir is calling for a ban on this kind of marketing, which it calls a “plague†and “intrusiveâ€.
The petition can be found at
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