Got your fifth spam call of the day, and it’s not even noon yet? On March 1, 2023, the rules related to cold calling changed. Consumers can now only be contacted from Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. A promise, therefore, to be quiet on weekends and holidays. If you never want to be disturbed by the various prospectors again, you can also register with Bloctel, a free service set up by the government to protect citizens against abusive commercial practices.
Registered on Bloctel, you continue to receive unwanted calls? Note that a period of 30 days is necessary for the registration to be taken into account by the device. Once this deadline has passed, you can file a complaint by going to your bloctel.gouv space. You will need to fill out a form with the following information:
Please note: some cold calling remains legal despite your registration on Bloctel. This is the case for polling institutes and non-profit associations, but also for professionals wishing to sell periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
In addition, a company with which you have an ongoing contractual relationship is also always authorized to call you.
Finally, you can also be contacted “in the event that you have given your number in a free, specific, informed and unequivocal manner to be called back”, specifies the official website of the Ministry of the Economy.
