How To Stop Junk Mail United Kingdom
1. Register with Mailing Preference Service.
2. Register with the Baby Mailing Preference Service. Reduce the number of baby-related mailings you receive. You may register with Baby MPS either for yourself, a family member, or a friend who asked you to act on his or her behalf. 3. The Bereavement Register Aims to reduce the amount of mail send to the deceased by ensuring that the names of people who have died are removed from databases and mailing lists. 4. Opt-out with Royal Mail ( optout@royalmail.com) Stop receiving door-to-door items by contacting Royal Mail directly via email. They will then send an opt-out form to your address, which you must sign and return. They do this for security reasons - to verify that those resident at the address have requested the ‘opt out’. Once you’ve returned this form, Royal Mail will stop delivering unaddressed items to your address within 6 weeks. The opt-out will last for a period of two years from the date that they receive your opt-out form. If you wish to continue your opt-out after the two-year period you can do so by contacting them via email at optout@royalmail.com or via telephone on 01865 796964. 5. Stop Yellow Pages Delivery to Your Home Fill out this form on their website and send it to them. |   |
6. Stop Thomson Local Distribution
Send them email at distribution@thomsonlocal.com and tell them your address and that you would
like to stop their mailings to your residence.
7. BT Telephone Directory.
BT can only be contacted by telephone: 0800 833 400
8. Stop Your Choice Preference Scheme
You can email yourchoice@dma.org.uk
9. Stop Any Organization sending you unwanted mail
If you receive marketing that is addressed to you, the Data Protection Act gives you the right to tell an organisation to stop sending it to you.
You should write to them by letter or email to tell them to stop using your personal information to send you marketing. When they receive your request they must stop marketing you as soon as they can.
Suggested letter:
[Date]
Dear Sir or Madam
Notice under the Data Protection Act 1998 not to use my personal information for direct marketing.
I [your full name] of [your full address] require you to stop / not to begin processing personal information relating to me for direct marketing as soon as possible and in any event within 28 days of the date of this letter / email.
If you do not normally handle these requests for your organisation, please pass this letter to your Data Protection Officer or the person who does.
Please note that if you do not comply with this notice, I can apply to the court for an order against you under the Data Protection Act.
Yours faithfully
[Your name] If you have a suggestion please email me so I can add it to this page.Thank you.
Send them email at distribution@thomsonlocal.com and tell them your address and that you would
like to stop their mailings to your residence.
7. BT Telephone Directory.
BT can only be contacted by telephone: 0800 833 400
8. Stop Your Choice Preference Scheme
You can email yourchoice@dma.org.uk
9. Stop Any Organization sending you unwanted mail
If you receive marketing that is addressed to you, the Data Protection Act gives you the right to tell an organisation to stop sending it to you.
You should write to them by letter or email to tell them to stop using your personal information to send you marketing. When they receive your request they must stop marketing you as soon as they can.
Suggested letter:
[Date]
Dear Sir or Madam
Notice under the Data Protection Act 1998 not to use my personal information for direct marketing.
I [your full name] of [your full address] require you to stop / not to begin processing personal information relating to me for direct marketing as soon as possible and in any event within 28 days of the date of this letter / email.
If you do not normally handle these requests for your organisation, please pass this letter to your Data Protection Officer or the person who does.
Please note that if you do not comply with this notice, I can apply to the court for an order against you under the Data Protection Act.
Yours faithfully
[Your name] If you have a suggestion please email me so I can add it to this page.Thank you.
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