Tag: DGCCRF
Thanks to reports on Bloctel, the DGCCRF has two companies convicted for abusive telephone canvassing
Mélina LOUPIA May 13, 2024 at 8:46 a.m. 9 Two companies have been singled out for abusive telephone canvassing © pathdoc / Shutterstock Bloctel allowed the DGCCRF to sanction two…
a quarter of operators have unfair commercial practices, according to the DGCCRF
Offers “unclear” Or “falsely presented”, “breaches of the rules of distance selling”… In a opinion delivered Monday September 11, the General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF)…
hidden increases, false promotions… Operators pinned by the DGCCRF
In 2021, the fraud repression recorded nearly 5,026 consumer complaints relating to electronic communications companies. Unclear offers, breaches of the rules of distance selling… The DGCCRF has caught a quarter…
with inflation, the DGCCRF was mobilized to control commercial practices that harm purchasing power
DGCCRF agents in a supermarket in Orléans (Loiret), January 11, 2018. WILLIAM SOUVANT / AFP Appointed in May 2023 as head of the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and…
Social networks: 60% of influencers “targeted” by the DGCCRF are “abnormal”
By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 01/23/2023 at 12:44, Update on 01/23/2023 at 7:03 p.m. “All of the anomalous influencers did not comply with the rules relating to the…
Influence, fraud in the metaverse: the DGCCRF explores new horizons
The Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF) carried out more than 130,000 checks last year, particularly relating to digital markets, according to its annual report presented…
Ecological Transition, a priority for the DGCCRF
The DGCCRF has nothing against actions in favor of the preservation of the planet, quite the contrary. But she is wary of the fraud that this enthusiasm shared by more…
A new telephone banking scam reported by the DGCCRF
Thibaut Popelier Gaming Specialist May 18, 2022 at 12:55 p.m. 9 © fizkes / Shutterstock Caution is required, since the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and Fraud Repression (DGCCRF, it’s…
The DGCCRF warns of a financial scam over the phone
A new scam technique is spreading. This relatively simple fraud is based on identity theft. The technique is polished. So much so that the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs…
Risk of Listeria: recall of two cheeses by the DGCCRF
The government site Rappel Conso has just recalled two cheeses which show traces of contamination at the Listeria monocytogenesresponsible for listeriosis. The pace of food product recalls seems to be…
Sunflower oil: dozens of products already affected by the recipe change, according to the DGCCRF
In the vast majority of the more than 70 products listed on the DGCCRF site on Friday afternoon, sunflower is replaced by rapeseed. Several dozen food products had already been…
Refurbished smartphones: the DGCCRF is investigating and wants to clarify certain points
In 2020, 2.8 million refurbished smartphones were sold in France, i.e. 25% more than in 2019. This caught the attention of fraud enforcement who conducted an exploratory investigation. The first…