A new French law banning unsolicited telephone canvassing without prior consent came into effect on August 11, marking a major update to consumer protection rules. According to Jean-Pierre Courtejaire, telephone canvassing refers to when professionals call consumers who have not asked for it, offering products, services, or commercial appointments. Consumer groups have long criticized this practice, calling it invasive and unregulated, which has led to many conflicts. The law includes two exceptions: calls related to existing contracts and the sale of subscriptions like newspapers, magazines, and periodicals. The Bloctel device, a database of consumers who had previously objected to telephone canvassing, is no longer used after the law was implemented. In September, the Paris DDPP, following instructions from the DGCCRF, issued an administrative fine of over 1.1 million euros to a subsidiary of SFR for not complying with Bloctel. For telephone canvassing to be legal, consent must be free, specific, informed, and can be revoked at any time. This consent can be obtained during a purchase, in-store, or through a form, either paper or digital. The law limits commercial calls to weekdays (excluding holidays) during the time slots of 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a maximum of four solicitations over a 30-day period. Since the law took effect, consumers are significantly less likely to receive unsolicited phone calls. However, the director of advocacy at Que Choisir Ensemble warned that some foreign platforms, numbers that hide their identity, and certain companies might shift to in-person canvassing. Consumers who receive unauthorized calls are advised to avoid engaging in commercial discussions, to question the caller about the law’s non-compliance, and to report the incident on the SignalConso platform of the DGCCRF.