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Listed below are the schemes that allow consumers
to register their wish not to receive unsolicited
marketing material or approaches.
Unsolicited
Addressed Mail
The Direct Marketing Association
(DMA) has a self-regulatory preference scheme
for consumers who do not wish to receive unsolicited
addressed marketing mail. It can also provide
advice on how to reduce the amount of unaddressed
mail received.
Addressed Direct Marketing Mail
Mailing Preference Service
Freepost 22
London
W1E 7EZ
Web site: www.dma.org.uk
Unaddressed Unsolicited
Marketing Mail
Door to Door Council Manager
Direct Marketing Association (UK) Ltd
DMA House
70 Margaret Street
London,
W1W 8SS.
Telephone: 020 7291 3300
Fax: 020 7323 4165
Email: dma@dma.org.uk
Website: www.dma.org.uk
Unsolicited Marketing
Faxes
It is unlawful to send
an unsolicited fax to an individual, which includes
consumers, sole traders and except in Scotland
partnerships, without their prior consent.
There is a fax preference
service, which allows businesses to register
their wish not to receive unsolicited fax messages.
Individuals may also register if they wish.
Registration telephone
number: 0845 070 0702
For further information
visit this web site: www.fpsonline.org.uk
Royal Mail Unaddressed
Leaflets
To stop unaddressed leaflets
delivered by the Royal Mail, consumers should
write to:
Royal Mail Door-to Door
Service
Freepost
Beaumont House
OX4 5BR
Unsolicited Telephone
Sales Calls
It is unlawful for a business
to make an unsolicited telephone call to an
individual, which includes consumers, sole traders
and except in Scotland partnerships, if that
person has registered with the Telephone Preference
Service.
Telephone Preference Service
70 Margaret Street
London
SW1Y 4EE
www.tpsonline.org.uk
to register on-line
Registration telephone number: 0845 070 0707
Unsolicited Marketing
E Mails
If you wish to register
not to receive Unsolicited Commercial E-mails
(UCE), the EMPS (E-mail Preference Scheme) is
operated by the DMA in the United States. Please
note that the database is held in the US, and
your personal data is not, therefore, covered
by UK Data Protection legislation. For further
details visit this web site: www.e-mps.org/en/
Unsolicited SMS
Messages
The Direct
Marketing Association (DMA) supports It’s
Your Choice, enabling consumers to register
their wish not to receive unsolicited SMS messages.
A consumer’s guide to SMS text marketing,
explaining how to stop receiving messages from
a specific company is available from http://www.its-your-choice.org.uk
Mobile phone numbers may
also be registered free of charge with the Telephone
Preference Service
www.tpsonline.org.uk
to register on-line
Registration telephone number: 0845 070 0707
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