The General Directorate for Competition, Consumption and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF) used its new digital protection power 86 times in 2022 to restrict access to websites, or even block a domain name, it announced Thursday.
The year 2022 “marked the development of the use of our digital injunction power, first used in 2021” to delist the online sales platform Wish, which had been the subject of an investigation of this service, the company said. new director of the DGCCRF, Sarah Lacoche. , in its 2022 activity report published this Thursday.
“Protect consumers”
“It is a valuable tool that allows us to act quickly to protect consumers. In 2022, we use this new power 86 times: 56 times to restrict access, 30 times to block a domain name”, he continues, judging that it is a “strong dissuasive tool that pushes professionals to better respect the mandates of the administration “.
In November 2021, Bercy had requested the exclusion of Wish, which resells cheap products mainly made in China, applying for the first time in France a new provision voted in 2020 by Parliament.
Fraud Suppression’s investigation found a particularly high level of dangerousness in certain products, as well as misleading information. The online sales platform was once again referenced since last March.
Source: BFM TV
